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Before Treatment

After Treatment

Before Treatment, raking light

After Treatment, raking light

After Treatment verso

After Treatment, verso, raking light. The verso was not able to be safely photographed overall before humidification during treatment. 

Detail of large tear between trophies before treatment

Detail of right trophy after treatment. Heavy tape adhesive residue could only be lightly toned. Removal of the residue was not possible without risk to the varnish. 

Detail of tears and losses at bottom of the fragment before treatment

Detail of bottom of the fragment after treatment with toned inserts. Additional inpainting with dry media helped suggest some of the texture of faux graining in the background of the rest of the fragment. 

Detail of toned inserts at the bottom as seen from verso through the lining paper. 

Detail of left trophy after treatment

Detail after treatment of the area where the patch was adhered 

Detail of toned inserts at the top border. 

Detail of toned inserts at the top border as seen from the verso through the lining paper.