8-TE-2006_Venaria, Reggia, S. Ricci, The Virgin, the Archangel Gabriel and Saints Eusebio, Rocco and Sebastiano (property of the Piedmont Region)

Facilitated description:

 

The Virgin, the Archangel Gabriel and Saints Eusebius, Rocco and Sebastiano by Sebastiano Ricci is a painting on canvas.
The painting represents the Madonna at the top, the angel Gabriel in flight, St. Eusebius with a book in his hand, St. Rocco with the dog and St. Sebastian tied to the column.
The painter Sebastiano Ricci painted the painting in 1724.
The painting is kept at the Reggia di Venaria, in the chapel of St. Hubert.
The La Venaria Reale Conservation and Restoration Centre restored the painting in 2006 for the reopening of the Reggia di Venaria.
The restorers found the painting in good condition.
The last restoration was done in 1999 on the occasion of an exhibition.
The restorers cleaned the painting from the nerofuno (the dirt caused by the funo of the candles).

 

 

 

 

Abstract of the intervention:

 

The canvas The Virgin, the Archangel Gabriel and Saints Eusebius, Rocco and Sebastiano by Sebastiano Ricci was restored on the occasion of the reopening of the Reggia di Venaria and the exhibition in its original location in the chapel of Sant'Uberto (left altar of the transept) together with the other three works that adorned the altars of this environment. The altarpiece, affected by several movements during its conservative history, has come to the Royal Palace from the Aula Magna of the Palazzo dell'Università di Torino, where it was preserved from 1964 to 2006.

 

Restoration

The painting is in good conservation condition, the last restoration dates back to 1999 on the occasion of the exhibition The Triumphs of the Baroque. Architecture in Europe 1600 – 1750, (Stupinigi Hunting Palace from 4 July to 7 November 1999) by Rava & co. S.r.l. responsible Antonio Rava, works supervision by Cristina Mossetti. The current intervention has therefore consisted of a light cleaning from the carbon black deposited in recent years.

 

Bibliography

- Restoration of the altars of the church of Sant'Uberto alla Venaria Reale, edited by C. E. Spantigati, Florence, Nardini, 2007;
- F. Grana, Sheets 18.3, in The Royal Palace of Venaria Reale and the Savoy. Art, magnificence and history of a European court, curated by E. Castelnuovo, catalogue of the exhibition (Reggia di Venaria, 12 October 2007 - 30 March 2008), p. 291.