In the original Maratta painting, titled “The Holy Night” or “The Nativity,” small angels peek past Mary to gaze at the baby. In the church’s version, the angels have been removed.

Originally, the church members believed the painting was a 19th century copy of the Botticelli original. Tests done by the Centre for Research and Restoration of the Museums of France, including ...

The original by the hand of Botticelli himself ... de Restauration des Musées de France on the once-inconspicuous church painting used binocular microscopy, micro-sampling, and X-ray analysis ...

it also has remnants of medieval paintings on the walls and a lot of its original features. According to its website, All Saints Church in Rampton first appears in the records in 1092 when "Roger ...

The 'award-winning restoration' has kept the church's features intact, with the original soaring stained ... The renovations include a state-of-the-art chef's kitchen with an innovative pass ...

Art conservators for the UK’s Royal Collection were in for quite a surprise when they set about cleaning Dutch artist Isack van Ostade’s A Village Fair, With a Church behind, an oil painting ...

WYFF NEWS 4 IS PAINTING FOR TODAY HAS THE STORY ... THE UPSTATE CLARK’S GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER HELPED BUILD THE ORIGINAL CHURCH AFTER HE WAS FREED FROM SLAVERY, AND HER MOTHER REBUILT IT ...