Milan, Church of S. Maria delle Grazie, Gaudenzio Ferrari, Ecce Homo, Flagellation, Ripped mural

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Restoration report (08/1992-11/1992) and photographic documentation relating to the restoration of the right wall of the Chapel of S. Corona, frescoed with theEcce Homo and the Flagellation of Christ by Gaudenzio Ferrari.

 

 

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The works "Ecce Homo" and "Flagellazione di Cristo" by Gaudenzio Ferrari are two torn frescoes (a restorer transported the pictorial layer from the original support, the wall, to a different support, in this case a canvas) of 1540-1542 preserved in the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan.
Originally, the two frescoes decorated the right wall of the Chapel of Santa Corona of the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan.
The restorer Pinin Brambilla Barcilon restored the works in 1992 under the direction of Sandrina Bandera.
The restorer cleaned the surface from dust and with chemicals. 
He removed the layers of adhesive and neutral tempera from the bottom of the painting.
The restorer fixed the painting and removed some old grouting (a white layer of plaster and glue that stretches inside a gap and forms a smooth and uniform base on which to paint the additions).
Finally, he has integrated (reconstructed the material or color of the missing parts) the grouting (a white layer of plaster and glue that extends inside a lack and forms a smooth and uniform base on which to paint the additions) and the abrasions (scratches on the surface due to rubbing) to hatching (thin and small lines of color that from a distance recompose the shape of the missing part).