Milan, Church of S. Maria delle Grazie, Gaudenzio Ferrari, Crucifixion, torn mural painting

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Restoration report and photographic documentation relating to the restoration of the left wall of the Chapel of Santa Corona, frescoed with the Crucifixion of Christ by Gaudenzio Ferrari.

 

 

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The work "Crucifixion of Christ" by Gaudenzio Ferrari is a torn fresco (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 fresco decorated the left wall of the Chapel of Santa Corona of the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan.
The restorer Pinin Brambilla Barcilon restored the work in 1992 under the direction of Sandrina Bandera.
After cleaning (cleaning the surface of the artwork from dirt deposited over time), areas of original colour emerged.
The restorer has replaced the old groutings (a white layer of plaster and glue that extends inside a lack and that forms a smooth and uniform base on which to paint the additions) with new groutings.
Finally, he fixed the pictorial film that had risen.