34mc02-TE-2015_Turin, Galleria Sabauda, The Resurrection of Lazarus, inv. 347, cat. 263

Facilitated description:

 

The Resurrection of Lazarus is a painting on canvas made in the early 1600s. 
The painting depicts Jesus (right) bringing his dead friend Lazarus back to life (man on the left in the white cloth). 
The painting was made in the workshop of the painter Paul Rubens. 
The painting is kept at the Galleria Sabauda in Turin. 
The Conservation and Restoration Centre carried out a maintenance (small restoration works) on the painting in 2014. 
The restorers cleaned the painting of dust.
They made the paint uniform (last layer over the paint).
They painted the painting to protect it from the sun's rays and dust. 
In the end the restorers cleaned the frame of the dust. 

 

 

 

 

Abstract of the intervention:

 

Maintenance

The painting Resurrection of Lazarus Rubens' workshop has been maintained.
The intervention on the frame provided for the removal of dirt deposits with a soft bristle brush and vacuum cleaner. A rebalancing of the inhomogeneity of the protective film of the painting was carried out on the painting with specific reference to the recovery of the opacity located on the upper band of the pictorial film. A protective film was spread over the entire surface.