21mc043-TE-2008_Turin, Galleria Sabauda, L. Pécheux, Nesso e Deianira, inv. 1077

Facilitated description: 

 

Nesso e Deianira is a painting on canvas. 
The painting represents Deianira between the centaur (character of mythology for half man and half horse) and Hercules.
Laurent Pécheux painted the painting in 1762. 
The painting is kept at the Galleria Sabauda in Turin. 
The La Venaria Reale Conservation and Restoration Centre restored the painting in 2008. 
The restorers cleaned up behind the painting. 
They filled the color gaps along the edges of the painting. 
Then they cleaned the frame. 
They glued the detached gilding parts. 
They filled the wooden gaps with stucco (plaster and glue).
They painted the stucco with watercolors. 
In the end they painted the frame to protect it from the sun's rays and dust. 
 

 

 

Abstract of the intervention:

 

Restoration

The restoration operations mainly involved the restoration of the frame. The painting, in fact, did not require particular interventions, except for some small pictorial reintegrations along the edges and a cleaning of the back from dust deposits.
 

Frame
On the frame, the surface deposits were removed and the raisings of paint film, gilding and the related preparation were fixed. Subsequently, the decoese zones were consolidated, the gold was cleaned and the gaps in the support (balsite) were plastered. The latter are subsequently carved, pinstriped, gilded and coated. The gaps of the preparatory layers, after plastering (plaster and glue) were supplemented with watercolor colors. The abrasions were veiled with watercolor colors and gold in shell, while in some areas it was necessary to supplement with paint colors. Finally, an opaque film was made.

 

Bibliography

S. Villano, Sheet 9.17 in De Van Dyck in Bellotto. Splendeurs à la cour de Savoie, C. E. Spantigati, P. Astrua, A. M. Bava, S. Damiano, Torino, Allemandi, 2009, pp. 218-219.