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This is a 30th anniversary issue. The National Gallery Technical Bulletin was first published in 1977. Since then, it has achieved a preeminent position in the study of the materials and techniques of painting, and the scientific examination of paintings: essential reading for conservators, conservation scientists, art historians, collectors and curators. It provides a unique record of research carried out at the National Gallery, London. It draws on the combined expertise of curators, conservators and scientists. It brings together a wealth of information about artists' materials, practices and techniques. It includes: The Technical Bulletin: Past and Future - Ashok Roy; Some Panels from Sassetta's 'Sansepolcro Altarpiece' revisited - Rachel Billinge; Sebastiano del Piombo's Raising of Lazarus: A History of Change - Jill Dunkerton and Helen Howard; Velazquez's 'Christ after the Flagellation contemplated by the Christian Soul' - Larry Keith and Dawson W. Carr; Albert Cuyp's 'Distant View of Dordrecht' - Marika Spring and Larry Keith; and, Six Paintings by Corot in the National Gallery: Methods, Materials and Sources - Sarah Herring.

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Ashok Roy is Director of Scientific Research; Rachel Billinge is Research Associate; Dawson W. Carr is Curator of Spanish and Italian Painting 1600-1800; Jill Dunkerton and Larry Keith are Restorers; Sarah Herring is Isaiah Berlin Assistant Curator of Nineteenth-Century Paintings; Helen Howard is Scientific Officer; Marika Spring is Principal Scientific Officer; all are at The National Gallery, London.

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