Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The ongoing restoration of Peter Paul Rubens’ monumental panel painting The Boar Hunt, at the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden combines conservation practice, supported by the TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund, with advanced technical and scientific research. The project involves close collaboration between the museum and the Studio Rubens initiative at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp. This case study highlights the role of technical research in addressing questions of authorship within the restoration process.

*Panelists*
*Kate Seymour* — Chair, ICOM-CC, Art Conservation Education
*Holger Jacob-Friesen* —Director, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
*Marc Walton* — Professor, University of Hong Kong
*Uta Neidhardt* — Senior Curator, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

This TEFAF Talk was presented by ICOM-CC as part of TEFAF Maastricht’s programming and took place on March 14, 2026

View full TEFAF Programming overview at tefaf.com/talks