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Issues of Conservation: What to Do with a Muse

Issues of Conservation: European Art Around 1800 What to Do with a Muse One of the primary missions of the Cleveland Museum of Art is to preserve and protect the art in its collection. The museum has a number of trained professionals on staff who specialize in the ongoing care of the museum’s holdings. Before acquiring these monumental paintings by French artist Charles Meynier, museum conservators carefully examined them and developed a plan that would return them to as close to their original state upper and lower left: Apollo, God of Light, as possible. Surface grime was removed and old Eloquence, Poetry and Fine Arts with varnish layers were thinned. Deformations to the Urania, Muse of Astronomy, 1798 original canvas were also flattened, and the paintings upper and lower right: Clio, Muse of were mounted on new stretchers, or supports. The History, 1798 accompanying images provide views of before (the larger images to the right) and after (the smaller images) conservation. The cleaned paintings were retouched and the damaged areas were inpainted. The materials used for reconstruction, including the final protective varnish layer, are all reversible and can be removed in the future without harming the original paint surface. In addition, the original frames were restored. All images front and back: Charles Meynier (French, 1768–1832). Oil on canvas. Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2003.6.1–5 European Art Around 1800 far and near left: Erato, Muse of Lyrical Poetry, 1802 below left and right: Polyhymnia, Muse of Eloquence, 1800 above and right: Calliope, Muse of Epic Poetry, 1800 .

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