Lloyd Haddad and Keith Wicker emphasize the importance of preservation framing, stating, "When we started in the framing industry in 2006, the idea of archival and conservation framing was still fairly new..."
"A lot of people say that the varnish should never be removed, that that's a patina that is on the surface of the painting and that it adds to the painting's quality: it makes the painting look better, it makes it look more serious," says Baumgartner.
The works, most of which are preparatory studies that allowed the Northern Renaissance painter to experiment with light and space, have been placed in a dedicated gallery, with a lighting system that turns on only when a visitor walks in.