The classic oil ... hard frame, detailed with a knife heated with a blowtorch, was painted with realistic gold coloring − edible gold dust mixed with vodka. (Pro tip: Vodka makes paint dry ...

In places where the paint is chipped you can see the gold leaf that is under it. Has anyone had any success restoring an old mirror frame? Are there conservators who do this kind of thing? Thanks!!

Two Just Stop Oil (JSO) activists have been jailed ... The pair caused £10,000 worth of damage to the gold-coloured frame of the glass-covered painting in the October 2022 attack.