D17mc25-CF-2017_Milano, Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana, J. Ruffoni, Family tree of the Dukes of Urbino, inv. 249

Facilitated description:

 

The family tree of the Dukes of Urbino is an engraving on paper. 
Engraving is the printing of an image from a matrix (metal image model). 
The engraving represents a tree with the names of the family of the dukes (noble family) of Urbino.
Jacopo Ruffoni made the engraving in 1652.
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. 

 

 

 

 

Abstract of the intervention:

 

The restoration was part of an ordinary teaching project on 57 engravings from 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 primary objectives of the intervention were the cleaning of the surface from particulate deposits and the restoration of the correct legibility of the work.