restorer

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One of the leader’s admirers, a restorer working on a fresco at Rome’s Basilica of San Lorenzo in Lucina, etched her likeness onto the face of an angel holding up a map of Italy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

The restorer also told the paper that he had indeed painted the figure to resemble Meloni after initially denying it.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

John B. McLemore, a profanely outspoken, brilliant and troubled restorer of antique clocks, emerged a national figure in 2017 with the podcast “S-Town.”

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2024

The programme also stated it had found that another friend of the politician later transferred a damaged painting of "The Capture of Saint Peter" to a restorer.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2024

One restorer screwed the tusks in upside down, like the fangs of a saber-toothed cat, which gave it a satisfyingly aggressive aspect.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson