CMA-AnnualReport-2008-2009-5:Layout 1 - Chrysler Museum of Art

Carlos Moya, theMuseum's first NEHConservation Fellow, putsthe shine back on theshowgirl shoes of Mlle.Mona Lils, the Chrysler'spopular painting by KeesVan Dongen. Photo byMark Lewis, Museumconservator■■CONSERVATIONJoseph C. Leyendecker, Cover of The Literary Digest, (study), The FrankK. Tarrant Collection, gift of the Tarrant Family, 99.28.9T.F. Noon, Portrait of Eliza Jane Spratley, ca.1828, Gift of Nimmo UnitedMethodist Church, 2006.7.2 (original gilt wood frame also restored)13■Eliza Jane Spratley, Sampler, ca. 1828, Gift of Nimmo United MethodistChurch, 2006.7.1 (original gilt wood frame also restored)■Antonio Balestra, Juno Placing the Eyes ofArgus in the Peacock’s Tail, 1714, Gift ofEmile E. Wolf, 52.59.2■Unknown, Carved gilt wood, 18thcenturyframe for Bacchus and Ariadne, byLuca Giordano, Gift of Walter P.Chrysler, Jr., 71.650OBJECTS CONSERVED:■■Paolo Caliari, called Veronese, The Virgin and Child Appearing to SaintsAnthony Abbot and Paul the Hermit, 1562, Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., inmemory of Della Viola Forker, 71.527(19th-century reproduction carved gilt wood frame also restored)■Robert Wellford, Fireplace over-mantle,with decorative plaster and compositionornament, for Moses Myers House■ Kees Van Dongen, Mlle. Mona Lils, 1929, Gift of Walter P.Chrysler, Jr., 71.714■Ammi Philips, Portrait of Nancy Hungerford, ca. 1838, Gift of Colonel EdgarWilliam Garbisch; Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 74.6.13■■Charles Joseph Natoire, Psyche Gathering the Fleece for Venus, 1752, Gift ofWalter P. Chrysler, Jr., 71.2241 (original period gilt wood frame alsorestored)Thomas Hill, Early Morning, Yosemite Valley, 1884, Gift of Mr. EdwardBrickhouse, 64.51.4During a Vissi d'arte program at the Museum, Virginia Opera tenorKevin Perry sings an aria from Puccini's Tosca beside the Chrysler'sprized Veronese altarpiece after its restoration. Photo by Jake Gillespiefor the Chrysler Museum of Art