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  • Ulrich Birkmaier with the Norton Simon Museum’s nearly fully restored Adam and Eve by Lucas Cranach the Elder in Getty Museum’s conservation studio.
  • The Norton Simon Museum’s nearly fully restored Adam and Eve by Lucas Cranach the Elder in Getty Museum’s conservation studio.
  • The Norton Simon Museum’s nearly fully restored Adam and Eve by Lucas Cranach the Elder in Getty Museum’s conservation studio.
  • A segment of Adam where a portion of the forehead and hairline was removed and replaced.
  • Detail of the painted reflection of a pupil in Adam
  • Ulrich Birkmaier, senior painitngs conservator at the Getty Museum, unscrews the newly constructed support system from the back of Adam.
  • Birkmaier holds up a sample of the custom-cut wedges that have been inserted into the panels.
  • Lucas Cranach the Elder’s paintings Adam and Eve sit on easels in Getty’s paintings conservation studio.

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