Robbio, Church of St. Peter, Dome, Ripped mural

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Photographic documentation related to the restoration of the fresco, from the tearing operations to the relocation in situ. 

 

 

Facilitated description
 

The restorer Pinin Brambilla Barcilon restored the mural paintings of the Dome of the Church of San Pietro in Robbio in 1964.
He carried out the tearing of the fresco (transportation of the pictorial layer from the original support, the wall, to a different support).
The restorer and her assistants glued the painting on a new support made of an innovative material for the time.
The technique used was experimental. 
The structure used for the new stand is called ''Sandwich'' because it is formed by three layers like those of a sandwich.

 

Bibliography 

 

Pinin Brambilla Barcilon, ‘Use of expanded plastics in restoration works in Lombardy. Curved supports of reinforced polyester’, in Bulletin of the Central Institute of Restoration. Polygraphic Institute of the State, Rome, 1965