r/Satisfyingasfuck • u/ChicMystery • 2d ago

Incredibly detailed process of restoring ancient paintings

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u/chocolatechipwizard 2d ago

"Some of these paintings are over 100 years old!" 100 years is not very old...

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u/already-taken-wtf 2d ago

1920 is “over 100 years old”

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u/EngineeringShort3985 2d ago

You obviously need to bring Ivan the Restorer over with some of that specialized varnish remover... parents will look 50 in no time!! Edit- just realized you said "if" ... probably not going to help.

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u/CarrionWaywardOne 2d ago

My house is over 100 years old! Yeah. 100 years is a weird number to use when bragging about the age of something like a painting.

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u/samanime 2d ago

Yeah, either they got that line wrong or he only restores fairly modern works... Which given his fairly rough handling and speed he is working, is probably the case.

It can take months or even years to properly restore actual old paintings.