Studying and Conserving Paintings
Samuela H. Kress Foundation

ISBN: 1-904982-06-9 • $50 • Paper • 2.5 lbs

This is the first of Occasional Papers on the Samuel H. Kress Collection. Contents are:

1. Overview

The Samuel H. Kress Collection: Conservation and Context Marilyn Perry

The Samuel H. Kress Program in Paintings Conservation at the Conservation Center, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University Margaret Holben Ellis

Introduction to the Volume Michele Marincola

Acknowledgements Michele Marincola

2. Historical Papers

Philosophies and Tastes in Nineteenth-Century Paintings Conservation   Wendy Partridge

Stephen Pichetto, conservator of the Kress Collection 1927-1949 Ann Hoenigswald

Mario Modestini, Conservator of the Kress Collection 1949-1961 Dianne Modestini

3. Technical Studies & Treatment

A New Leaf: Recent Technical Discoveries in the Goodhart Ducciesque Master's Madonna and Child with Four Saints Jennifer Sherman

Botticelli's Nativity Charles R. Mack

The Re-use of a Desco da Parto Mika Okawa & Dianne Dwyer Modestini

The Triumphs of Petrarch: An Analysis of a Renaissance Decorative Cycle Wendy Partridge

A Portable Triptych in El Paso   Dianne Dwyer Modestini

Guidoccio Cozzarelli's Scenes from the Life of the Virgin   Dianne Modestini

School of Pietro Perugino, Saint Sebastian Annette Rupprecht & Sheri Francis Shaneyfelt

The Master of the Manchester Madonna: Restoration, Technique, and a Context for Attribution   Molly March

Portrait of a Lady and Techniques in the late Paintings of Nicolaes Maes, and Painting Techniques in the Late Paintings of Nicolaes Maes   Laurent Sozzani with Christopher McGlinchey

View of the Molo: A Canaletto Attribution Reinstated   Elise Effmann

Canaletto Paints the Molo from the Ponte della Paglia   Katharine Baetjer