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This hand muff made of silk and metallic thread is suspended on an oval-shaped support that is padded and covered with Tyvek. The support holds the…
Leather sandals are paired to fit on a single handling tray made of acid-free board. Pillows of polyester batting covered in Tyvek are fitted inside…
This very long parasol with black tulle and white beading is stored in a vertical mount. A foam support steadies the parasol, and the runner and…
A corset held on an upright vertical mount. An acid-free paper tube is surrounded by polyester batting to form an interior shape that supports and…
Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Founded by its parent organization, The Foundation for the Arts, Nagoya (FAN), the Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts (N/BMFA) was established as the…
In January 2011, conservators raised the curtain on their work as they cleaned and conserved the enormous The Triumph of the Winter Queen: Allegory of…
Treatment of The Triumph of the Winter Queen: Allegory of the Just , dated 1636, by Gerrit van Honthorst (Dutch, 1590–1656): January 2011 The first…
Treatment of The Triumph of the Winter Queen: Allegory of the Just , dated 1636, by Gerrit van Honthorst (Dutch, 1590–1656): April 2011 Conservators…
Conservation Project: King Menkaura
Carved from one block of Egyptian alabaster, the seated statue of Menkaura (Mycerinus) was recovered in 1907 by the Harvard University-Boston Museum…
Provenance Research
The study of provenance is a traditional part of art historical research, as an object’s chain of ownership can inform a scholarly understanding of the work of art itself: its function, condition, and its place in the history of taste and collecting.