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2023, "Endangered Art Conserved"
Anatole Henri de Beaulieu was an Orientalist painter who studied under famed artist Eugène Delacroix. He often painted figures and scenes from the Near and Middle East.
Conservators began with an ultraviolet light examination and then cleaned the painting. They filled in areas of paint loss with conservation pigments, then applied a protective barrier and a coat of varnish. To treat the unique frame, conservators cast its missing and damaged ornamentation in resin. They stabilized loose pieces with a thermoplastic acrylic polymer, and filled in all losses. Finally, they applied a gilt varnish and polished the frame with gilt cream.Label
2024, “Endangered Art: Reclaiming a Legacy”
Anatole Henri de Beaulieu studied under famed French artist Eugène Delacroix. As an Orientalist painter, he often depicted scenes from the Near and Middle East. Feeding the Sacred Ibis has an ambiguous narrative of sensualized exoticism centered on an ibis, a bird that was venerated in various parts of the ancient world.
Conservators began with an ultraviolet light examination and then cleaned the painting. They filled in areas of paint loss and applied a protective varnish. To treat the unique frame, they cast its damaged ornamentation in resin. They stabilized loose pieces with a thermoplastic acrylic polymer and filled in losses. Finally, they applied a gilt varnish and polished the frame.