as well as his art’s mixed economic and critical fortunes on the art market and at the Salon

and of van Dyck

roughly corresponding to the reign of Louis XIV and the years immediately following his death in 1715

pen and ink

Conserving Contemporary Art: Issues, Methods, Materials, and Research CAA as well as his art’sOscar Chiantore and Antonio Rava Since the advent of the avant garde in the early twentieth century, visual artists have adopted new techniques and materials, some of whose characteristics of aging and wear are still largely unknown today. The conservator's intervention has become increasingly delicate, problematic, and experimental and requires not only technical knowledge of materials but also a greater awareness of the artist's intellectual