00:00Today we are removing
00:29varnish from the night watch and we're using a non-woven tissue impregnated or
00:37prepared with a small amount of solvent and the tissue is placed against the
00:42paint surface and then the varnish solubilizes and it is really pulled
00:49into the cloth. We're using a non-woven tissue for that and that tissue is
00:54impregnated with a very small amount of solvent and we place that tissue on the
01:00paint surface and the varnish dissolves and it's pulled or absorbed into the
01:06cloth. Here you can see that all the yellowed varnish is now in the piece
01:12that we have removed from the night watch.
01:15Rembrandt painted with a very clear contrast between light and dark and that
01:33has become far less obvious in the painting so I think that once it's
01:38restored it will have much more depth and the figures in the painting will
01:43really come to life. The painting will decide the pace so we can't say well
01:48it's ready in a year or it's ready in two years. Now I think the varnish
01:52removal will probably be around a year and then you can really see what the
01:59damages are, how we have to restore it in the best way possible and that will
02:04take several years so there is time to come and see the restoration.
02:34you
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