Painting with wax! Restoring Reynolds’s portrait of the Earl and Countess of Ely | National Gallery

[@a.kaiser8965]

I mean.. just stunning as always.

[@rotterred991]

So interesting. A marvelous presentation, thank you.

[@nationalgallery]

Our pleasure, thank you for watching

[@sacredkinetics.lns.8352]

Very interesting. 🌺🌹 As always; thank you so much.

[@TheDreamtimezzz]

Love these. Thank you! ❤😊

[@nationalgallery]

We're delighted to hear it!

[@rtk3543]

Fascinating, thank you.

[@nationalgallery]

Thanks for watching!

[@purkaitsurajit53]

Excellent explanation and insight into the conservation of one of the finest portrait paintings!!❤❤

[@nationalgallery]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@isashax]

This is super interesting. Love your videos!

[@nationalgallery]

Thank you!

[@muddyfox50]

You make fabulous content

[@ghengismcgillicutty4695]

So interesting! I would love to see what conservation issues more “modern” works have.

[@JJONNYREPP]

Painting with wax! Restoring Reynolds’s portrait of the Earl and Countess of Ely | National Gallery 1223pm 12.12.24 wunderbar!

[@victorianidetch]

That is amazing....after the cleaning it looks three dimensional, as if they could walk of the canvas.

[@nationalgallery]

We couldn't agree more!

[@ladyethyme]

Who does the restoration? What job is that? How would a person go about entering that profession?

[@johnnzboy]

I was surprised that the curator pronounced 'Ely' like the name 'Eli' ('ee-lie') rather than like the Isle of Ely ('ee-lee') so I did some research online and discovered that the the title comes from an Ely in Ireland, not the place in Cambridgeshire, and is indeed pronounced like 'Eli' - it just goes to show, it pays to get your facts straight before making a fool of yourself by questioning someone else's superior knowledge ;) Interesting video, and a remarkable transformation indeed.

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[@FIRTHDESIGN]

It’s a pretty terrible painting of pompous rich people from the past. Things have changed so much and are still the same.