9mc03-TA-2019_Turin, Civic Museum of Ancient Art - Palazzo Madama, D. Saint, Young woman, inv. 527

Facilitated description: 

 

Young woman in the garden is a small painting on ivory (material that is obtained from the tusks of elephants).
Daniel Saint painted the painting in about 1806. The painting is kept at the Civic Museum of Ancient Art in Turin (Palazzo Madama).
The La Venaria Reale Conservation and Restoration Centre restored the painting in 2019.
The restorers dismantled the painting from the frame.
They put the painting under weights to flatten it.
They cleaned the painting of dust. They glued the raised color parts.
They put a cardboard between the painting and the frame closure to protect the painting.
In the end they cleaned the frame and glued the detached pieces.

 

 

 

 

Abstract of the intervention:

 

Restoration

Restoration of the miniature Young woman, inv. 527 began with disassembly from the frame and cleaning with soft brushes, microaspirator and scalpel (for larger deposits). Subsequently the work was left under weight to favor the restoration of the planarity. The raised and deformed scales of colour were then stopped. Finally, the constraint system has been re-adjusted: a spacer has been inserted between the back of the front element and that of the back closing panel to limit mechanical stress on the miniature and the glass has been fixed with adhesive. 

Frame
Chemical cleaning of the metal frame and glass to remove inconsistent dusty deposits and greasy dirt and remove strips of adhesive tape. Subsequently, the bonding of the fractured parts and the replacement of any damaged elements (screws, bolts) were carried out.