D17mc19-CF-2017_Milano, Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana, G. M. Mitelli, Se corre l'uno e l'altro par che voli... , inv. 1202 s

Facilitated description:

 

If one runs and the other par che voli is an engraving on paper invented by Giuseppe Mitelli in 1660. 
Engraving is the printing of an image from a matrix (metal image model). 
The incision represents a man walking with a basket and a rope on his shoulders.
The engraving is kept at the Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan and is part of the Pogliaghi collection. 
The La Venaria Reale Conservation and Restoration Centre restored the engraving in 2017. 
The restoration students participated in the restoration. 
The restorers cleaned the engraving of dust and stains. 
They filled the tears and holes with Japanese paper (very thin and light paper).
They have eliminated the old restoration work.
The missing parts were covered with dyed paper.
In the end, they washed and dried the incision.
The restorers put the ininicision under some weights to eliminate the folds. 

 

 

 

 

Abstract of the intervention:

 

The restoration was part of an ordinary teaching project on some engravings of the Pogliaghi Fund, kept at the Ambrosiana Library, which involved students in the training course on library, archival, parchment and photographic materials (degree course in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage). The engraving is part of the series The art on the way.

Restoration

The intervention on the incision of Mitelli began with the dry cleaning with a brush and the application of gellano for the removal of the two auxiliary supports. Subsequently, the ink number on the support was consolidated with fluorine, the tears with adhesive and the abraded areas with western paper fibers were compensated. In addition, previous restoration works have been removed. The chromatic additions were made with paper previously retouched with watercolors. Finally, a washing and drying with absorbent paper, non-acid cartons and the aid of a weight were carried out.