Conserving Charles Le Brun

Video about Charles Le Brun's Everhard Jabach and His Family. In 2014 Jayne Wrightsman stepped forward to help The Met acquire an extraordinary masterpiece—a great painting, at a great price. Former Director Thomas Campbell describes how this keystone of French 17th-century painting was acquired; Curator Keith Christiansen interprets its details; and Conservator Michael Gallagher explains how it was conserved. Today, the painting anchors the Museum's 17th-century European painting collection.