Restoration and Technical Study
The project focuses on the restoration and conservation process employed for the painting (and frame) Young Knight in a Landscape (c. 1505) by Venetian artist Vittore Carpaccio. It also explains the technical studies and laboratory analysis carried out to learn about the artist’s painting process and the materials that he used to create this magnificent painting. The project reveals how the historical investigation and present information obtained has lead us to a meticulously controlled restoration work.
Through the technical images (X-Ray, infrared and ultraviolet) and the high resolution images, as well as the gigapixel image of the painting, the audience will be able to see and understand what lies beneath the paint layers and how conservators use them to establish a work protocol for the well-being of the painting. Conserving a work of art for the preservation of our cultural heritage.
Bio
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Alejandra Martos
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Alejandra Martos is a Conservator at the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid (Spain), with a Degree in Painting Conservation (CEROA, Madrid, Spain) and a Fine Arts Associates Degree (University of Miami, Florida, US). With a 26 year experience in the Painting Conservation field, has led Conservation projects and published her investigation and conservation works in several occasions, as well as participated as a speaker in various Conservation Congresses.
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Susana Pérez
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Susana Pérez is an art conservator with a dual training and professional career. She has a specialization in pictorial and sculptural conservation, and a professional career closely linked to the technical studies of works of art by means of radiography and multiband imaging techniques.
Pérez possesses a degree in Fine Arts (Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain), and a master’s degree in Heritage Conservation (Alcalá de Henares University, Spain). She worked on conservation projects and technical studies at Reina Sofía National Museum between 1997 and 2000. Pérez is Manager of the Conservation Area and Conservator at the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza. She is also Supervisor of the museum´s radioactive installation with the official license issued by the Nuclear Safety Council.
Credits
Project lead and restoration of the painting: Susana Pérez and Alejandra Martos
Restoration of the frame: María Jofre
Materials study: Andrés Sánchez
Technical images (IR, UV) and visible photography: Hélène Desplechin
X-Ray image and study: Susana Pérez
Dissemination of the project: Ana Arreaza
