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Courtesy of El Pais

620: Clara Quintanilla

Art Restorer

Birth Date Unknown, as is Location

Died: 29 October 2016, Most Likely Madrid, Spain

The little we know about Clara tells us she worked for the Museo del Prado in Madrid, Spain.

Clara restored over two hundred paintings at the museum during the thirty-four years she worked there.

Sources:

https://spanishbaroqueart.tumblr.com/post/152873418827/in-memoriam-clara-quintanilla-clara-quintanilla

https://gallerix.org/news/world/201211/v-prado-vystavlena-otrestavrirovannaya-kartina-ticiana-san-xuan-bautista/

https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2012/11/09/inenglish/1352488463_820161.html

https://www.museodelprado.es/aprende/enciclopedia/voz/restauracion-en-el-museo-del-prado/6aee105c-9c94-4ef8-a726-de393fd7eaea?searchMeta=clara%20quintanilla

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