Season 3, Episode 1

Waldy & Bendy confront some shocking news from the art world. Waldy has a chat with the head conservation honcho at the National Gallery. And Bendy chooses an obscure picture for his On the Wall. Not!

ART NEWS

Abraham Van Der Doort (c. 1630) by William Dobson (1610-1646)

Abraham Lincoln (1871) by Vinnie Ream (1847-1914)

Declaration of Independence (1818) by John Trumbull (1756-1843)

Surrender of General Burgoyne (1821) by John Trumbull

Surrender of Lord Cornwallis (1820) by John Trumbull

General George Washington Resigning His Commission (1824) by John Trumbull

Portrait of William West (1794) by John Trumbull

Trump Rushmore (2020) by Jon McNaughton (1965-)

RESTORATION

Self-Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria (c. 1616) by Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653)

A View of Het Steen in the Early Morning (c. 1636) by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)

Equestrian Portrait of Charles I (c. 1637-8) by Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641)

Restoration of the Van Dyck at the National Gallery

Cleaning Rubens's 'Het Steen' | National Gallery

Crucifix (c. 1265) by Cimabue (c. 1240 – 1302)

Crucifix before restoration,

Belshazzar's Feast (c. 1821) by John Martin (1789-1854)

Composite image of The Fall and Expulsion of Adam and Eve from The Sistine Ceiling by Michelangelo (1475-1564). Upper left is unrestored, lower right is restored.

The picture Bendor restored.

ON THE WALL

Mona Lisa (c. 1503-1506) by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

The Chasm of the Colorado (1873) by Thomas Moran (1837-1926)