Conservation
Conservation
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The conservation of illusionistic wall paintings by John the Baptist Ranger in the trefoil sanctuary of the Baroque Pauline Church of St. Jerome in Štrigova has been underway since 2000. After the condition of the walls was documented and preventive protection measures were taken, the walls were drained and the restoration of Ranger's paintings on the vault, the apses and the triumphal arch was launched.
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It is normal for a conservation workshop specializing in items made of paper to receive books, documents, watercolour paintings and drawings, but a globe is a very rare and demanding challenge for a conservator-restorer. Here is a brief history and a structural presentation of the globe, and an overview of all the phases of conservation interventions on the Terrestrial Globe (1835) and the Celestial Globe (1770) by Robert de Vaugondy, geographer to Louis XV, kept in the library of the Franciscan Monastery of Friars Minor in Dubrovnik.
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A valuable print by a 17th-c. artist, unidentified at the time, was discovered accidentally in the monastery of St. Francis in Split. The artefact was in very poor condition, which called for urgent conservation intervention. Although this motif is frequent within the Franciscan iconography, the discovered print is a significant contribution to its artistic heritage, given its unusually large dimensions; it was actually composed of several print sheets. Such a composition demanded certain adjustments to the conservation treatment carried out by experts of the Croatian Conservation Institute in 2007. Subsequent art-history processing attributed the print to the Italian master Giovanni Battista Bonacini.
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16th-century wall paintings in the sanctuary of St. Matthew’s Church in Slum depicting Old Testament prophets and church dignitaries, allegories and the Life of Christ were hidden underneath an overpaint. Due to long-lasting humidity exposure and static movements they had been covered in smudges and tiny cracks. It took several years of conservation and restoration treatments to eliminate the influx of humidity into the building. Measures were taken to prevent further degradation of the plaster and paint layers, which were ultimately reintegrated, thus giving legibility to the original composition.