Recent Treatments
Recent treatments undertaken by Catherine Nunn Art Restoration
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The treatment of a 17th Century painting Portrait of Pope Leo XI, oil on canvas, 1280 x 950 mm
This early 17th Century portrait of Pope Leo XI's was covered in discoloured varnish and old retouching, and the 19th Century lining had deteriorated and needed replacing. Working over the course of 2020, I cleaned this painting, removed the lining and relined the canvas, and inpainted the lost areas.
Hailing from the House of Medici, but already an elderly man in 1605, Pope Leo XI's papacy was the shortest in history. He contracted a fever during the long, cold ceremony of his coronation, and died soon afterwards. He was Pope for just 27 days, from 1-27 April 1605.
