Conservation-Restoration of paintings in pictures
You will find examples in pictures of conservation-restorationinterventions that I carried out on works of various periods (from the XVIIth to the contemporary period), on various supports (canvas and wood panels).
These examples show alterations caused by different factors (environmental, temporal, structural...) and the steps of restoration to resolve them. In a second part, I present work carried out in subcontracting on polychrome works and wall paintings.
Restoration of the altarpiece of the church of Villaines-sous-Malicorne (72), classified as a historical monument, signed Pierre Besnard, and dated 1685. The painting is a copy of the work of Annibal Carracci (1560-1609) "The Holy Family and St. John the Baptist" dated around 1600, National Gallery, London.
Restoration of 6 tempera paintings by Paul Baudry belonging to the collection of the Museum of La Roche-sur-Yon. After the cartoons of Raphael (kept at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London)
Anonymous 17th century painting representing Saint Joseph and Christ. Classified as a Historic Monument, restoration supervised by the DRAC des Pays de la Loire.
Anonymous 17th century painting representing Saint Mary Magdalene. Classified as a Historic Monument, restoration supervised by the DRAC des Pays de la Loire.
Restoration of the paintings in the Basilica of Saint Donatien - Saint Rogatien in Nantes after the violent fire of 2015. Grouping of Marie Parant.
Left: detail of a perforation and the cleaning in progress. Right: the view after restoration. 18th century portrait of Henri III. Unsigned, undated. 61,5 cm x 76 cm. Private collection.
Left: Detail of the alteration of the pictorial layer with important upheavals. On the right: once the re-fixing of the pictorial layer is done. Oil on canvas, signed Charles Guérin, dated 1906. 54cm x 80cm. Private collection.
On the left: beginning of the cleaning procedure. In the center: before the reintegration of the colors. Right: view of the end of the treatment. Salome and Saint John the Baptist, oil on panel 18th century. Unsigned, undated. 30cm x 48cm Private collection.
Shots Before / After restoration intervention. Oil on canvas, Holy Family and Saint John the Baptist, 19th century. Unsigned, undated. 116 cm x 135 cm. Private collection.
Painting, oil on canvas 18th century. Top left: view before intervention, top right: after cleaning and varnish lightening operations. Bottom left: the restoration of the missing parts and bottom right: the painting after the intervention. Unsigned, undated. 84cm x 114cm. Private collection.
Example of cleaning in progress of the paint layer on a painting, oil on canvas, 20th century. Signed E-BHirschfeld, 73.5 cm x 54 cm. Private collection.
Example of cleaning in progress of the paint layer on a painting, oil on canvas, 20th century. Signed E-BHirschfeld, 73.5 cm x 54 cm. Private collection.
Cleaning and lightening of varnish on an oval portrait of a young girl estimated XVIIIth century. Unsigned, undated. Private collection.