Andrea von Hedenström, paintings conservation fellow at the museums’ Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, discusses the process of removing layers of varnish from Claude Monet’s paintings. TAKE A CLOSER LOOK: + Claude Monet, "House of the Customs Officer, Varengeville," 1882. Oil on canvas. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Annie Swan Coburn, 1934.27. http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/231360?position=1 + Claude Monet, "Charing Cross Bridge: Fog on the Thames," 1903. Oil on canvas. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry Lyman, 1979.329. http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/222214?position=13 + Claude Monet, "Gorge of the Petit Ailly, Varengeville," 1897. Oil on canvas. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Ella Milbank Foshay, 1972.31. http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/228061?position=11 -- © President and Fellows of Harvard College. Video: Danny Hoshino. For questions related to permission for commercial use of this video, please contact the Department of Digital Imaging and Visual Resources at am_divr@harvard.edu.