EditorialSilvia A. Centeno, left, a research scientist, and Charlotte Hale, a conservator, using a microscope to examine van Gogh’s “Cypresses” at the conservation center at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on April 27, 2023. (George Etheredge/The New York Times)
EditorialSilvia A. Centeno, left, a research scientist, and Charlotte Hale, a conservator, using a microscope to examine van Gogh’s “Cypresses” at the conservation center at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on April 27, 2023. (George Etheredge/The New York Times)
EditorialSilvia A. Centeno, left, a research scientist, and Charlotte Hale, a conservator, using a microscope to examine van Gogh’s “Cypresses” at the conservation center at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on April 27, 2023. (George Etheredge/The New York Times)
EditorialSilvia A. Centeno, left, a research scientist, and Charlotte Hale, a conservator, using a microscope to examine van Gogh’s “Cypresses” at the conservation center at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on April 27, 2023. (George Etheredge/The New York Times)
EditorialSilvia A. Centeno, left, a research scientist, and Charlotte Hale, a conservator, using a microscope to examine van Gogh’s “Cypresses” at the conservation center at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on April 27, 2023. (George Etheredge/The New York Times)
EditorialSilvia A. Centeno, left, a research scientist, and Charlotte Hale, a conservator, using a microscope to examine van Gogh’s “Cypresses” at the conservation center at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on April 27, 2023. (George Etheredge/The New York Times)
EditorialSilvia A. Centeno, left, a research scientist, and Charlotte Hale, a conservator, using a microscope to examine van Gogh’s “Cypresses” at the conservation center at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on April 27, 2023. (George Etheredge/The New York Times)
EditorialSilvia A. Centeno, left, a research scientist, and Charlotte Hale, a conservator, using a microscope to examine van Gogh’s “Cypresses” at the conservation center at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on April 27, 2023. (George Etheredge/The New York Times)
EditorialSilvia A. Centeno, left, a research scientist, and Charlotte Hale, a conservator, using a microscope to examine van Gogh’s “Cypresses” at the conservation center at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on April 27, 2023. (George Etheredge/The New York Times)
EditorialSilvia A. Centeno, left, a research scientist, and Charlotte Hale, a conservator, using a microscope to examine van Gogh’s “Cypresses” at the conservation center at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on April 27, 2023. (George Etheredge/The New York Times)
EditorialSilvia A. Centeno, left, a research scientist, and Charlotte Hale, a conservator, using a microscope to examine van Gogh’s “Cypresses” at the conservation center at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on April 27, 2023. (George Etheredge/The New York Times)
EditorialSilvia A. Centeno, left, a research scientist, and Charlotte Hale, a conservator, using a microscope to examine van Gogh’s “Cypresses” at the conservation center at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on April 27, 2023. (George Etheredge/The New York Times)