Restoration of the Madonna and Child painting by Benozzo Gozzoli ? the problems of cradled paintings

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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Restoration of the Madonna and Child painting by Benozzo Gozzoli ? the problems of cradled paintings
Original language description
The restoration intervention was necessitated by the critical state of the painting. In some places the painted layers were loosened, the quality of the original painting and the strong colouring were suppressed by dark varnish and numerous instances ofdarkened retouching. The picture is painted on a wooden support of poplar. The ground of the painting is gypsum. The composition of the picture was first planned with a drawing in chalk and further gone over with an engraved drawing. The technique of thepainting is based on a layered system typical of the given period. In the past the support of the painting was thinned down and cradled. This intervention subsequently caused distortion and defects in the form of cracks in the panel of the painting. Thepresent restoration intervention thus had to focus also on the problems concerning the support of the painting. After removal of the retouching and thinning of the varnish layers the cradling was removed. After this the cracks in the pic
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AL - Art, architecture, cultural heritage
OECD FORD branch
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Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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