1-TE-2011_Venaria, Reggia, C. Dauphin, Portrait of Emanuele Tesauro, inv. 1174 (ownership of the Royal Museums of Turin)

Facilitated description:

 

The painting represents Emanuele Tesauro, an Italian writer.
Charles Dauphin painted this painting in 1679.
The painting is kept at the Reggia di Venaria.
The La Venaria Reale Conservation and Restoration Centre restored the painting in 2011.
The restorers dismantled the painting from the frame and frame (the wooden frame that sits behind the painting and serves to support the painting).
They repositioned the painting on a new frame taking care to eliminate all folds.
They lined the painting (they put a canvas behind the painting to reinforce and protect it).
Then they cleaned the painting to remove the dirt and the old restorations.
They discovered an inscription hidden near his hand.
They filled the missing color parts with a layer of putty (plaster and glue).
They colored the putty with watercolors.
They painted the painting to protect it from the sun's rays and dust.
In the end they cleaned the frame and filled the holes of the wood with stucco (white layer of plaster and glue).
They colored the putty with watercolors and paint.

 

 

 

 

Abstract of the intervention:

 

Restoration

The intervention began with the dismantling of the work from the frame and the frame, the retensioning of the support with moisture and the drying under weight. On the back of the edges, perimeter bands have been applied to allow mounting on the new expansion frame and structural changes have been made to the frame. In addition, in order to give greater protection to the support, a polyester canvas was previously tensioned between the painting and the frame. 
Differentiated cleaning was carried out on the pictorial film to remove dirt deposits, altered tone paints and the most recent touch-ups. A further deepening of the level of cleaning has affected the recent touch-ups located in the lower part near the hand since with the analysis an original inscription has been identified partially brought to light with the present restoration intervention. Subsequently the gaps were grouted, then chromatically integrated with watercolor colors. After initial painting, the additions were finished with paint colours and a layer of protective paint was applied. 
Finally, a cleaning was carried out on the frame, the shortcomings were grouted and the additions were made with watercolor and varnish colors.