Pinin Brambilla Barcilon Archive
Milan, Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio, Aurelio Luini, Oratory, Wall paintings
Description Handwritten report; phototypes (positive, negative).
consistency
Quantity 1|31|32
Type positive document(s) on paper up to 21x29 cm.negative document(s) on film up to 10x15 cm.
Description Restoration report 31 positive b/w 18x24 cm, 15 negatives on film 9x12 cm, 9 negatives on film 6x6 cm, 8 negatives on film 35 mm.
Reordering sign
APBB_CTRS_F108_5
Restoration report (15/02/1979-03/04/1979) and photographic documentation relating to the phases before, during and after the intervention on the paintings of the vault and of no. 3 walls of the oratory adjacent to the Basilica.
Facilitated description
The mural paintings of the Oratory of the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio in Milan called "Oratorio della Passione" are from the first half of 1500.
At the time of the restoration the works were attributed to Aurelio Luini, today they are attributed to Bernardino Luini.
The restorer Pinin Brambilla Barcilon restored the works in 1979.
He cleaned the paintings of dust and old restorations.
It removed the layer of white surface deposits produced by the degradation of materials.
He integrated the gaps (reconstructed the material or color of the missing parts) into watercolor and made the restoration recognizable from the original painting.


















