# canovacasts midsummer19

Our recent project saw sculpture conservator Eoghan Daltun removing fig leaves from our This was done live in our Sculpture Galleries for practical reasons, but also as a means to share ongoing conservation work with our visitors in an engaging format.

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2019-07-18

Day 2 of took on the daddy of them all... Laocoön and His Sons, that is!

Today’s conservation work involved Eoghan Daltun removing fig leaves from three figures. What lay beneath is remarkably intact and matches well with the original.

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2019-06-19

Day 1 of is done and we have learned so much about how these fig leaves were attached... and visitors have been fascinated by what has been uncovered!

Our poster boy Adonis, lover of Aphrodite, will now receive some expert TLC to make good his dignity.

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2019-06-18