34mc03-TE-2015_Turin, Savoy Gallery, Holy Family, inv. 311

Facilitated description: 

 

The Sacred Family is a painting on canvas made by the workshop of the painter Paul Rubens. 
The painting depicts St. Joseph (right) and Mary with baby Jesus in her arms. 
The painting is kept at the Galleria Sabauda in Turin. 
The La Venaria Reale Conservation and Restoration Centre carried out a maintenance (small interventions) on the painting in 2014.
The restorers cleaned the painting from dust with brushes. 
They filled the color gaps with a layer of putty (plaster and glue). 
They painted the stucco with watercolors. 
Eventually they painted the painting to protect it from the sun's rays and dust. 

 

 

 

 

Abstract of the intervention:

 

Maintenance

The painting Sacred family 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. Subsequently, the stuccoing of the micro gaps was carried out, then intoned with watercolor veils. On the painting was removed the witness of dirt in the upper part of the sky located on the left. Subsequently, the chromatic integration with paint colors of the two stratigraphic essays located on the sides of the painting was performed and the veiling of the paper tape on the perimeter of the front of the painting with paint pigments was carried out. Finally, a protective film was spread over the entire surface.