Saw an early 1700s painting that shows 300 years of cigarette smoke build up on one side compared to a cleaned/restored surface on the other side

    by Beardedgringo777

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    1. FromUnderTheWineCork on

      They got halfway through restoring and said *fuck this, we’ll pretend it’s a feature*

    2. thoawaydatrash on

      If the Baumgartner Restoration YT channel has taught me anything, it’s that most of that is just discolored varnish, not cigarette smoke.

    3. DarkerThanFiction on

      When Hogwarts paintings can’t beat their addictions they end up in muggle museums as examples…

    4. To be fair, smoking or not, that’s pretty much how all old paintings end up looking as the top coat which was originally transparent inevitably yellows.

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