Cindylou Molnar, head of conservation at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, speaks about a painting of George Washington by artist Gilbert Stuart from 1796.
Cindylou Molnar, head of conservation at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, shows how two feathered quills are visible in an x-ray of a famous painting of George Washington by artist Gilbert Stuart from 1796, noting that only only one quill now can be seen in the painting.
One of the most famous portraits of George Washington will soon get a high-tech examination and face-lift of sorts at the Paintings Conservation Lab, part of the Lunder Conservation Studio, a facility shared by the National Portrait Gallery and the American Art Museum in Washington.
The 1796 oil painting of George Washington, the "Landsdowne" portrait, by Gilbert Stuart is one of the most famous portraits of George Washington.
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