Thanks Michele. Looks like a trip to Utrecht (in the snow & freezing rain!) is in order.
I was afraid you were going to say you take the paintings out of the frames. The framers put the brown paper on the back! Grrr. Now I guess I need to get an exacto and remove that paper. Or - this just occurred to me - I have a great relationship with the framers that did this job - maybe I can have THEM remove the painting!
So, it is the usual custom to remove the painting, then? Does noone varnish in the frame?
Oh - and one more question (sorry to be a pest) - how long usually is that "fully dry" drying time?
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