All paintings age and therefore change their apperance in the course of time. This process affects the whole picture including its support, the paint, and the varnish layers, all of which can be jeopardized - and in some cases damaged - by factors such as hanging, transportation, einvoronmental influences, and previous restoration.*

* Max Friedländer : " Of Art and Connoisseurship " , Berlin 1975, pg 178

Take a tour through restauration process of paintings on canvas or wood.
From the state of preservation before works, through consolidation, cleaning and retouch, till final state after intervention.

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Christos The Savior
85,4 x 59,2cm
egg temper on wood
Zographos Vasilios
1350.
Cyprus,
Agios Theodoros, Church Panagia Kivotos

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Christos The Savior
90 x 57cm
egg temper onwoodPhilippos Goul 1495.
Cyprus,
Louvaras,
chapel of st.Mamas

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Apostoles Andrew
24,5 x 35cm
egg temper on wood
T. Ivanov-The Bulgarian
1901.
private collection