Saving Don Manuel Domínguez: How a Water-Damaged Portrait of a California Founding Figure Was Brought Back to Life

During Conservation

Partially cleaned Manuel Dominguez portrait showing original paint emerging from under overpaint.

During treatment: as wax and overpaint are reduced, Solomon Carvalho’s original brushwork and Manuel Domínguez’s true features begin to reappear.

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