How do conservators breathe new life into a seventeenth-century masterpiece?
In short: In this episode of MetCollects, Michael Gallagher discusses the delicate process of restoring Charles Le Brun’s portrait of Everhard Jabach and his family. Learn how technical expertise can revive a significant work of French art.
Michael Gallagher, the Sherman Fairchild Chairman of Paintings Conservation, examines the restoration of Charles Le Brun's 'Everhard Jabach and His Family'. Painted around 1660, this large-scale oil on canvas depicts the life of Everhard Jabach (1618–1695).
The work, which measures approximately 280 x 328 cm, entered The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection in 2014 via the Mrs. Charles Wrightsman Gift. It serves as a window into the era of French masterworks and the meticulous care required to preserve them.
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