Philip Mould restores paintings for a living and to his surprise a video of him restoring a 400 year old painting has gone viral.
The uncleaned image of the woman in red, who was 36 when the painting was created in 1618, was cleaned using a special formula Philip created specifically for the project.
A remarkable Jacobean re-emergence after 200 years of yellowing varnish 1/2 pic.twitter.com/yBGNGDcNd7
— Philip Mould (@philipmould) November 6, 2017
The tweet has racked up an impressive 7.5 million impressions already, and they're still climbing!
It makes for some exceptionally satisfying viewing.
A last smear from the chin removed. I will post an image of the completed picture as soon as it is ready. pic.twitter.com/K7TSl2XdqE
— Philip Mould (@philipmould) November 6, 2017
