07mc17_TE_2011_Moncalieri, Castle, Blessing Christ

Facilitated description:

 

Christ Blessing is a painting on canvas.
The painting is kept at the Castle of Moncalieri. 
The La Venaria Reale Conservation and Restoration Centre restored the painting in 2011.
The restorers dismantled the painting from the frame.
They cleaned the painting of dust. 
They have removed the canvas patches of the old restorations. 
They removed the folds from the canvas. 
They repositioned the painting on a new frame (wooden structure that stands behind the painting and serves to support the painting).
After the restorers cleaned the front of the painting from dust and yellowed paint.
They filled the color gaps with putty (plaster and glue layer). 
They painted the putty. 
Eventually they painted the painting to protect it from the sun's rays and dust. 

 

 

 

Abstract of the intervention:

 

Restoration

The painting was removed from the frame to allow cleaning of the verso through the use of vacuum cleaners and rubber. During this phase the pre-existing patches and the gray stucco placed in the center of the painting were removed. The canvas was then smoothed out, the pictorial layers were consolidated and perimeter strips were applied. The work has therefore been tensioned on a new frame. 
The pictorial film has been cleaned by removing the atmospheric particulate layer and the altered paint, making the previously hidden colors more readable. Subsequently, the stoppage of the pictorial layers and the operations of re-adhesion and smoothing of the color were carried out. The painting was then plastered, reintegrated with watercolor and varnish veils and painted with final protective.