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Over here on the left you can see these grey areas are actually puffs of smoke which makes sense of the little figure clambering over the wall. Since I’ve removed half the varnish, I’m beginning to see some of the old damages that are appearing for example in the roof here we have one of the old retouched damages, we’ve got small damages appearing round the edges, the colour is different, the sky is bluer, the sketch brushstrokes are more obvious in the sky. But it’s not just the dirtiness of a varnish which affects the appearance – it’s also the tone of the painting, so the lightness and the darkness will be affected and that restricts three-dimensional space and interest and detail in the painting. Spanish paintings of the seventeenth century often have quite a cool palette and tonality so they are particularly affected by discoloured varnishes. When the painting entered the studio, it’s clear that the condition is quite stable in terms of the attachment of the paint to the canvas, it’s not flaking, but the varnish which was applied in the 1930s is actually quite discoloured. I have started cleaning Baltasar Carlos in the Riding School and I’m about half-way through the process. Nicole Ryder: My name’s Nicole Ryder and I’m a freelance paintings conservator working for the Wallace Collection. We’re thrilled to be collaborating with a very experienced conservator Nicole Ryder, who has restored a number of Spanish pictures, so the painting will be going off to her studio where she will remove this old varnish and old retouchings and restoring the picture to its original glory.Ī month since leaving the Wallace Collection The existence of another version of this painting in a private collection has raised questions about the authorship of our picture, and what we hope to do through this extensive research project is to better understand who is responsible for this wonderful painting. It was a painting that was originally attributed to Velázquez and we’d like to better understand its relationship to the master. At the moment it sits somewhere within the Velázquez studio. So what we’re doing now is we are sending it off to be cleaned, restored, and we’re going to have the latest technical examination undertaken around this picture to better understand its structure, how it was produced. What’s astounding is that we haven’t properly cleaned and restored this picture since the nineteenth century. So this painting is actually a major departure from what we are used to in equestrian portraits of this period. So rather than representing Baltasar Carlos on a horse, as would have been more common in equestrian portraits in a non-descript setting, what Velázquez does is he creates an entire narrative around the prince on his horse so that we can better understand what is happening around him. The portrait is incredibly innovative because it takes us into areas of the court that had not yet been seen before in painting. He’s here shown at about age 7, riding a pony in what is thought to have been a riding school. He was born in 1629 and he was heir to the throne. Lelia: This painting represents Prince Baltasar Carlos, the beloved son of King Philip IV of Spain and Queen Isabella of Bourbon. It’s a picture that is incredibly popular with the public and particularly children as you can imagine and also with Spanish experts – we still want to know much more about this picture. This is a picture that hangs here in our Great Gallery, and is incredibly popular with visitors.ĭr Xavier Bray: Today is a really exciting moment for the Wallace Collection because we’re about to send out this fantastic painting to be conserved. Conserving Prince Baltasar Carlos in the Riding School by the Studio of Velázquezĭr Lelia Packer: We are very excited to embark on a major project around one of our best loved pictures here at the Wallace Collection: Prince Baltasar Carlos in the Riding School.