Senior Paper Conservator Gina McKay Lodge, Elizabeth Hopkins, Associate Registrar Columbus Museum of Art and ?
THE RAT-KILLER (1632) by Rembrandt is one of the prints included in the survey
VER (Spring) (1617) by Jan van de Velde
ALLEGORY OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY (17th century) by an unknown Italian artist. One of the 5 prints receiving conservation treatment.
One of the 5 prints receiving treatment at the lab. Here, Gina McKay Lodge checks the pH of the bath water.
The print is slowly and gently submerged in an alkaline bath.
The submerged print going under the light bank.
After just one day of treatment, the print is noticeably less discolored.
Conservator McKay Lodge and Assistant Dee Pipik examine prints.
Paper and adhesive residues are removed from the reverse of a print.