Two winter landscape

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Сообщение от John Preston; 2033001"

So what we have now - is the remnant of her former beauty .

My two cents .
Yes , cleaning the "kills" charm.
The more serious cleaning, the less the balance of charm .
As a result , the net work without charm .... and without great artistic /decorative value ......
Stripping it of " coked " work has another downside .
"Coke " in one way or another " merged " with a colorful layer.
Restorer wants it or not, the upper layer of the paint layer will be affected ( removed) .
Typically, this is the top layer and contains subtle refinement of the artist, - shadows, pointing the contrast , volume, enhance color . As the mind is " losing " the restorer must " return " back. Not a simple thing, not one .
Was the customer of such restorations and saw a total of such restorations.
I liked some of the results , but very seldom ....