Restoring 2 Lost Masterpieces - Part 4 - Allan Ramsay

[@Bloomfield_Art_Restoration]

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[@di_tattoolover]

Excellent work. It is a magical thing to watch a master doing his craft. The difference is amazing ..

[@sherrillsturm7240]

I APPRECIATE THE RESEARCH YOU DO TO GIVE THEM CONTEXT AND ATTRIBUTION.

[@tjanderson575]

You are a true miracle worker! I’m always fascinated by what you can do and how well you do it.

[@sus8e462]

Good problem to be so busy! Fantastic restoration to bring them back to life & always worth the wait to see your postings!!

[@andrewalt6060]

Thanks so much for sharing your work this year. Really appreciate your genuine personality and all the extras you include besides the actual restoration.

[@phranerphamily]

Eeeeek James you got a sponsor!! That's usually a big milestone in a KZbinr life ☺️ and thanks for the Christmas present of a very long new video. Happy Christmas to you and your family.

[@ponysong2006]

Delightful!

[@quenoselecruzenadie]

I like the matching lace bits on his cravat and her bodice. Subtle symbolism. What a restoration journey! Thank you for sharing, and best wishes this holiday season, and for the upcoming year 😊

[@dianaharrison2280]

A wonderful restoration, such a joy to watch. Thank you and Christian greetings from the Holy Land

[@frozenfeather13]

"for a break I started cleaning the stretcher", man that's not a break haha work never ends I guess. Also, so excited to see a 40+ minute video today, made my week! And finally, I was thinking, I used to hate seeing frame restorations, but I actually really love them now, it's fascinating seeing the work. Thanks for everything you're doing and the joy you bring us art nerds!

[@TheGar1968]

Superb work.

[@PINTandDALE]

Well done! Happy Holidays! Looking forward to the new projects. Thanks for sharing your talents with us all.

[@VTheYo]

Breathtaking work as always!!!!! ❤❤❤

[@scottg6919]

Beautiful, enlightening and inspiring. Thank you so very much. Best compliments of the season.

[@Medard1947]

Have a very Merry Christmas!!!

[@slamcatX2]

Very lovely ❤. Thank you so much for your wonderful videos.

[@QueenCityHistory]

Absolutely stunning!

[@slamcatX2]

Thanks!

[@Bloomfield_Art_Restoration]

Thank you for the Superthanks !!! Much appreciated 🙌🙌

[@maryschiff9580]

Really lovely. ❤

[@kennethcrace6181]

I enjoy watching you work your magic. A Merry Christmas to you & yours.

[@borge2014]

Wonderful restorations. Happy Holidays.✨

[@R4kk00n]

"He looks very well fed." 😁Indeed

[@lornaperryman489]

Wishing you and yours a safe, healthy and Happy Christmas. Lovely work.😊

[@RLM1943]

Excellent work!

[@jugheadjones5458]

Beautiful work! It was worth the wait. Merry Christmas!

[@giovybez8061]

Jaw dropping work. Have a blessed Xmas. All the best to you and yours.

[@Elong.]

Merry Christmas 🎄

[@tecktonalex]

dunno how i got here but glad i did

[@walkertongdee]

If you manually set the focus on the painting it won't focus on your hand making the painting out of focus.😀.

[@LinaAliceAnderson]

I really enjoy watching your work process. The gentleman looks very solid post-restoration, but do you think the lady may have been fattened up a tad too much (the neck area looks somewhat swollen, see the before/after at 44:30)?

[@sameerjain2]

Don’t start with ads Loose interest in the video

[@Sekhmet_says_okay]

Would it be possible to use a non-animal based glue? Totally appreciate the need to maintain the pictures in specific ways, but just curious if there are viable alternatives. Thanks 🙂

[@Ragnar8504]

Baumgartner always uses synthetic adhesives for linings so it certainly seems an option.

[@lorrainer4839]

Wow they look amazing. Just a question, and I hope this isn't an insult or anything; but would you, or I guess the owner, try to take these to like Fake or Fortune or something? I'm not denying your skills in trying to find the atribution, but maybe they have better connections? Just a thought from a totally unskilled in art history Aussie, but I'm fascinated about it.

[@emreaakarsu]

You're cutting the canvas? Are you kidding me? Just to get it off the stretcher? Hilarious!

[@tbone-d2v]

I believe he mentioned it was the old lining and not the original canvas.

[@matthewhiggins2699]

I enjoy your videos greatly and appreciate the research that you undertake into each commission. In this particular instance, however, there is a clearly discernible difference in artistic appearance before and after the restoration. In their 'before' state, the facial modeling is more pronounced and of a visually higher quality. By removing and then replacing the overpaint with your own version, I think you have altered the appearance too far, particularly in the female portrait. When there is evidence of skinning, as in this case, I suggest the better approach would be to leave the original overpaint on the faces untouched (especially when there is layer fusing), on the reasonable assumption that the previous restorer had more direct evidence of their original appearance. By removing this work we are now one step further removed from the original, for no great benefit.

[@ReiMonCoH]

Rabbit skin glue? Really? I thought sure we’d moved past 1875. Obviously not.

[@ginandtonic69]

It’s the traditional method, in keeping with the age of the portrait.

[@ReiMonCoH]

@ keeping with the Age? Ridiculous. Rabbit skin glue was used because (ex:1875) that’s the best material they had. Come on now, we’re Way past that. What’s next, wax!? These materials simply aren’t use anymore

[@cstz]

So I can take it that you're saying this because you're a professional restorer yourself, right?

[@ReiMonCoH]

@ nope

[@jpfloru8669]

Not much point watching a restoration vid if you don't tell us which products you use.

[@cstz]

It's not a cooking channel sharing a recipe. And specifying products might encourage amateurs to try their hand at it, which I would think highly unadvisable. I understand that a restorer wouldn't want to put themselves in that position. As for professional restorers, I imagine there are appropriate communication channels, that are not dependent on informal KZbin channels that are clearly meant for the entertainment of "lay people".

[@jpfloru8669]

Not much point watching a restoration vid if you don't tell us which products you use.