Conservator Tony Konrad Restores Painting

Summary

Conservator Tony Konrad uses a surgeon's style microscope with camera attached to chip away old layers of paint and restore a 1679 painting taken from the side of a harpsichord at the Conservation Analytical Laboratory at National Museum of History and Technology, now known as National Museum of American History.

Subject

• Conservation Analytical Laboratory (CAL)
• Museum Conservation Institute
• Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs

Notes

• Also known as 76-7177-8A.
• Original film available in SIA Acc. 11-009.
• Featured in the "Torch," July 1976.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 02, Folder: July 1976, Image No. 76-7177-08A

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

• 1976
• June 8, 1976

Restrictions & Rights

• No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
• No Copyright - United States

Topic

• Restoration
• Microscope and microscopy
• Smithsonian Institution
• Personnel management
• Employees
• Ecology
• Konrad, Tony
• Conservation
• Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA RU000371 [76-7177-08A]

Physical description

10 x 8;

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