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Restoring a Masterwork I: Castiglione's Immaculate Conception with Saints Francis of Assisi and Anthony of Padua - Fall 1999
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Introduction

Restoring a Masterwork

Restoring a Masterwork
Over the course of 7 weeks in the fall of 1999, members of the Midwest Art Conservation Center cleaned and restored a masterwork from the collection of The Minneapolis Institute of Arts.

The painting, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione's The Immaculate Conception with Saints Francis of Assisi and Anthony of Padua is over 300 years old and is one of the largest in the Institute's collection.

This logbook, which was updated regularly throughout the course of the project, provides a look at the restoration process.

Start with the first entry or use the table of contents to explore the restoration process.

The Conservators

Joan Gorman, Senior Paintings Conservator
Joan Gorman,
Senior Paintings Conservator

David Marquis, Senior Paintings Conservator
David Marquis,
Senior Paintings Conservator


The Midwest Art Conservation Center

Joan Gorman and David Marquis are senior paintings conservators on the staff of the Midwest Art Conservation Center (MACC), a nonprofit regional center for the preservation and conservation of art and artifacts, located at The Minneapolis Institute of Arts.

Table of Contents


July 26 - August 13, 1999


September 14 - September 17, 1999


September 21 - September 22, 1999


September 23 - September 30, 1999


October 1 - October 8, 1999


October 12 - October 19, 1999


October 21 - October 27, 1999


October 28 - November 9, 1999

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