Charles Le Brun's Monumental Portrait, "Everhard Jabach (1618-1695) and His Family," Now on View at Met Museum Our Coverage Sponsored by Paul Mayer Attitudes
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Charles Le Brun’s (French, 1619–1690) monumental portrait Everhard Jabach (1618–1695) and His Family (ca. 1660) is now on view in the European Paintings Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum after undergoing a ten-month conservation project. This extraordinary canvas recently emerged into the public eye after having been in a private collection for 183 years. The Metropolitan’s Paintings Conservation Department has done extensive work conserving the painting, including removing a discolored and disfiguring varnish and repairing severe distortions at the top of the canvas, which had been folded over a smaller stretcher in the early part of the 20th century, to fit into an English country house. A new, custom-made frame was specially created for the painting which was hung in the gallery yesterday.
