21mc061-TE-2008_Turin, Galleria Sabauda, F. Albani, The element of fire, inv. 478, cat. 500

Facilitated description: 

 

The element of fire is a painting on canvas.  
Francesco Albani painted the painting in 1625-1628. 
The painting is kept at the Galleria Sabauda in Turin. 
The La Venaria Reale Conservation and Restoration Centre did a maintenance on the painting in 2008 for an exhibition. 
After the intervention, the painting was exhibited at an exhibition in Brussels. 
The restorers cleaned the painting and the frame from dust. 
They filled the lacks of gilding of the gold frame in sheets. 

 

 

 

 

Abstract of the intervention:

 

Maintenance

The intervention on the painting of the Galleria Sabauda in Turin is part of the maintenance carried out in view of the exhibition De Van Dyck in Bellotto. Splendeurs à la cour de Savoie in Brussels (Palais des Beaux-Arts, 20 February - 24 May 2009).
The aim of the intervention was to restore the conditions of functionality and legibility of the painting in the optics of minimal invasiveness and in compliance with the historical testimonies present on the work. A dusting was then carried out on the painting, while on the frame a cleaning and integration with watercolor and gold leaf of the abraded parts.

 

Bibliography

C. Goria, Sheet 6.2 in De Van Dyck in Bellotto. Splendeurs à la cour de Savoie, C. E. Spantigati, P. Astrua, A. M. Bava, S. Damiano, Torino, Allemandi, 2009, p. 159-160.