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title: "Beneath the Surface: Art Restoration at the Belvedere"
language: en
url: "https://www.belvedere.at/en/stories/beneath-surface-art-restoration-belvedere"
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# Beneath the Surface: Art Restoration at the Belvedere

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Johann Baptist Lampi the Younger and the Hidden Cupid

**Category:** Exhibition Collection

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**Published:** 19.05.2026

**Reading time:** 1 min read

How can overpainting change the meaning of a painting? For the focus exhibition “*IN-SIGHT: Johann Baptist Lampi The Elder and The Younger*”, artworks at the Belvedere were restored and examined using technical imaging methods. X-ray and infrared analysis revealed details that had remained hidden for decades – including a Cupid concealed beneath later layers of paint, fundamentally altering the interpretation of the work.

The video offers behind-the-scenes insight into the restoration process and shows how technical investigations can open up new perspectives on historical paintings.

Exhibition  

IN-SIGHT: Johann Baptist Lampi The Elder and The Younger

Upper Belvedere

13 May 2026 - 11 October 2026

[ To the exhibition ](https://www.belvedere.at/en/johann-baptist-lampi) [ Tickets ](https://www.belvedere.at/en/tickets?location%5B%5D=1) 

**Text:** Lisa Ebner-Kollmann

[YouTube video](https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/watch?v=xpSvdhha_8Y)

## Video 

**Written and directed by:** Karin Pirker

**Production and art direction:** David Zuderstorfer | NTRP Design

**Director of Photography:** Gabriel Krajanek Jakob Grill

**With:** Ana Stefaner

**Voice Over:** Sandra Kreisler