Discovering the Renaissance Engraver’s Language of Image Making
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Have you ever wondered how artworks in the CMA’s collection are cared for? Join CMA conservators and technicians for guided tours of the galleries. Investigate artists’ materials and processes and learn about how the museum preserves artworks for the future.
Join paper conservator Moyna Stanton to look closely at Renaissance engravers’ materials, especially their cutting tools and cutting techniques, to better understand how specific marks and visual effects were achieved.
Pictured: Louis XIV (detail), 1664. Robert Nanteuil (French, 1623–1678). Engraving; sheet: 52.8 x 43.8 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, 1989.240
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