183K views · 2.4K reactions | Tuscan artist Margarito d’Arezzo’s Virgin and Child Enthroned is the oldest painting in the National Gallery Collection, dating back to 1263-4. Assistant Conservator Kristina Mandy shows the steps involved in restoring a painting that is over 750-years-old. | National Gallery | Facebook

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“That is the promised glade, The hill we climb if only we dare it. Because being American is more than a pride we inherit, It’s the past we step into and how we repair it.” — An excerpt from 24-year-old National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman’s soaring poem delivered at the 59th Presidential Inauguration Happy 4th of July from all of us at the National Gallery of Art 🎆✨ ___ 🖼: Sanford Robinson Gifford, “The Artist Sketching at Mount Desert, Maine,” 1864-1865, oil on canvas, 11 x 19 in., Gif