Still Life With Pineapple

Oil on Canvas + Gilded Frame

This Still Life painting by British artist W. Vincent was badly damaged. The canvas had a large irregular tear in the centre of the painting and the Rococo gilded frame had many missing decorations.
The treatment involved dry and wet cleaning (front and back), flattening and mending the tear, filling the parts of missing paint and retouching to match the original colours. The frame had the missing decorations applied and was finished with water gilding, matching the original gold leaf tone.
Painting After Treatment
Detail of tear on the back of canvas - before treatment & after flattening
Detail of one of the many missing decorations on the frame - before treatment & during treatment (ready to be gilded)
Detail of tear on the front - before & after treatment
Painting Before Treatment