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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…
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.
The MFA’s procedures and policies relating to acquisitions and provenance
Conservation Project: Greek Vases
Conservation Strategy A condition survey in 2004 showed that close to half of the ceramics in the Museum's Late Archaic and Early Classical Greek gallery were physically unstable. Many of the ceramics, assembled from fragments, were heavily restored before they came to the Museum in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. After more than a century, they were in dire need of conservation. All of the vessels required cleaning and many were plagued with failed adhesives, soluble salts, and discolored restoration paints.