Conservation

The Conservation department consists of several specialist areas: Paintings; Works of Art on Paper; Photography; Frames and Furniture; Objects; Textiles; Exhibitions; and Technical Support.

 

Painting treatment:
Tintoretto's Doge Pietro Loredano

Jacopo TINTORETTO
Italian 1519–94
Doge Pietro Loredano (1567–70)
oil on canvas
109.5 x 93.0 cm
Felton Bequest, 1928
3677-3

 

 

Painting treatment:
van Dyck's Rachel de Ruvigny, Countess of Southampton

Anthony van DYCK
Flemish 1599–1641
worked in Italy 1621–27, England 1632–40
Rachel de Ruvigny, Countess of Southampton (c. 1640)
oil on canvas, wood
222.4 x 131.6 cm
Felton Bequest, 1922
1246-3

 

 

Painting treatment:
Bellotto's Ruins of the Forum, Rome

Bernardo BELLOTTO
Italian 1721–80
worked in Germany 1761–67, Poland 1767–80
Ruins of the Forum, Rome (c. 1743)
oil on canvas
87.0 x 148.0 cm
Felton Bequest, 1919
964-3

 

 

Framing of Rembrandt's Portrait of a white-haired man

REMBRANDT Harmensz. van Rijn
Dutch 1606–69
Portrait of a white-haired man 1667
oil on canvas
108.9 x 92.7
Felton Bequest, 195l
2372-4

 

 

Rembrandt etchings on oriental papers:
papers in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria

REMBRANDT Harmensz. van Rijn
Dutch 1606–69
Christ at Emmaus (detail) 1654
Felton Bequest 1933

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Sérusier's Boys on a river bank:
A technical examination

Paul SÉRUSIER
French 1864–1927
Boys on a river bank 1906 (detail)
oil on canvas
61.0 x 73.2 cm
Felton Bequest 1948
1899-4

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Relocating the NGV's collection
The relocation of the collection from the St Kilda Road building, home to the collection for the past 35 years, has been a very big job involving many staff members as well as outside experts. One case of interest is the movement of two of the sculptures in the Lindsay Courtyard - the Rodin Balzac and the Moore Seated Woman.