""It's a huge project," Gemäldegalerie conservator Anja Wolf told The Art Newspaper this week in the museum's restoration studio, in front of the work itself. "You have to find a method to remove the varnish, and at the same time stabilise and consolidate the paint layer. And you have to work really precisely.""
"The Adoration in the Forest, now in the permanent collection of Berlin's Gemäldegalerie, is a significant painting that shows the Virgin and newborn Christ child in a mountainous forest rather than a Bethlehem manger."
The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin announced a two-year restoration for Filippo Lippi's 1459 painting The Adoration in the Forest, funded by two foundations. The budget is estimated between €100,000-€500,000. The painting, part of Berlin's Gemäldegalerie, depicts the Virgin and Christ child in a forest setting. It has a complex history, including being considered war booty after World War II. Recent conservation efforts revealed that the 19th-century varnish is degrading the tempera paint, necessitating careful restoration techniques to stabilize the artwork.
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