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Caritas Romana
Object
Panel painting, oil on oak wood, cradled
Artist
Follower of Frans Floris de Vriendt
Dating
16th century
Dimensions
95 x 116.4 cm
Location
Suermondt-Ludwig Museum; Aachen, Germany
Nota
Project executed in cooperation with Suermondt-Ludwig Museum, Aachen and TH Köln, Germany
Work performed
- Detailed technological research (including stratigraphy, FTIR, RAMAN, SEM-EDX, X-ray, IRR, UV), historical-artistic research and preparation of the conservation project
- Consolidation of highly unstable pictorial layer
- Surface cleaning dry and then wet using surfactants
- Gluing of numerous cracks of various degrees of complexity in the wooden support
- Modification of fixed cradle - design and execution of flexible battens allowing for support deformation
- Execution of levelling cradle as a preventive action
Conservation effects
After conservation
Before conservation
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