D17mc30-CF-2017_Milano, Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana, T. Viero, Vecchiezza e povertade ..., inv. 385 s

Facilitated description:

 

Oldness and Poverty is an engraving on paper. 
Engraving is the printing of an image from a matrix (metal image model). 
The incision represents the face of an elderly man.
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).

Restoration

The intervention on the incision of Biasoli began with dry cleaning with a brush and scalpel to remove surface deposits, followed by the contribution of moisture to reduce dark coloring (intervention performed with the aid of the suction table). Subsequently the folds were consolidated, the tears and gaps were compensated with Japanese paper and adhesive. The chromatic additions were made with previously dyed paper and the abrasions were treated with pastels or watercolors. Finally, a gradual humidification was carried out and the work was dried with absorbent paper, non-acid cardboard and the aid of a weight.