Retouching a Renaissance masterpiece | Restoring Botticelli part 2 of 3 | National Gallery

Behind the scenes in the Conservation department with restorer Jill Dunkerton as she restores Sandro Botticelli and Filippino Lippi's 'Adoration of the Kings'.
This video is part 2 of 2 of restoring this painting.
Click here to watch part 1 of 2, the removal of the frame:    • What we discovered beneath the frame ...  
Click here to watcvh part 3 of 3, the scientific investigation:    • A scientific investigation of Bottice...  

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🎨 'Adoration of the Kings'
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🎨 Sandro Botticelli
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🎨. Filippino Lippi
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