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Portrait of a Woman (early 20th)

Cesca Chenevix Trench (Sadhbh Trinseach)

Oil on canvas, 69 x 54,5 cm

National Library of Ireland

 

Daniel Maclise, oil on canvas, 315 x 513 cm

National Gallery of Ireland

The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife (1854)

The Triumph of Amphitrite (18th)

Rebecca at the Well (17th)

Attributed to Henri Mauperché, oil on canvas, 140 x 127 cm

National Gallery of Ireland

Two scenes from the life of a saint (1480-1510)

Master of Saint Crispin, oil on panel, 98,3 x 67 cm

National Gallery of Ireland

Cadre en bois doré (19th)

National Gallery of Ireland

Portrait of a Man (early 20th)

Cesca Chenevix Trench (Sadhbh Trinseach)

Oil on hardboard, 37,2 x 31 cm

National Library of Ireland

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Treatments undertaken on the front

 

  • Dusting

  • Removal of the pieces of paper

  • Consolidation of the flaking areas

  • Facing of the crease

  • Facing of the whole surface

  • Cleaning

  • Infilling of the losses and retouching

 

Treatments undertaken on the support

 

  • Dusting

  • Cleaning of the canvas

  • Consolidation of a snag

  • Flattening of the crease

Treatments undertaken on the front

 

  • Dusting

  • Consolidation of the flaking paint

  • Facing

  • Cleaning

  • Infilling of the losses and retouching

 

Treatments undertaken on the support

 

  • Dusting

  • Consolidation of the right side of the hardboard

  • Cleaning

Etienne Jeaurat, oil on canvas, 99 x 131 cm

National Gallery of Ireland

 

A few stages of the conservation-restoration project

 

  • Treatments on the support: removal of old patches, inserts of canvas and tear mending, reinforced by new patches made with a non-woven fabric

  • Treatments on the front: varnish removal, as well as over panting and crude retouching 

 

Views of the painting during the varnish removal and after restoration: the cleaning and the removal of old over paintings revealed its original shape “cintré à oreilles”

  • Details of old over paintings that covered the majority of the surface

  • Overall views after the removal of the over paintings and after restoration

Preparation of the wood panel to go on loan for an exhibition

 

  • Infilling and retouching

  • Consolidation of the support with inserts of Balsa wood

  • Detail of a corner of the frame before and after consolidation, infilling with gesso and retouching

 

The frame during its cleaning and consolidation and overall view after conservation treatments.

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