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Group of St. George 1420 - Conservation and Restoration of Art ( Konserwacja i restauracja dzieł sztuki ) - Ewa Lisiak

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Group of St. George 1420

The oldest wooden statues from St. Mary Church in Gdansk were made about 1420 by a local artists, for the chapel of elite Fraternity of St. George.

In-depth restoration treatment of St. George Group was carried out in two stages (2015/2016).

before - Conservation and Restoration of Art
before

The main conservation problem was a non historical reconstruction added some thirty years ago.

 

Additionally, when in 2015 two original rocks were found in the storage, the Group became bigger, and could be no longer exhibited in the original location without decorative base.

after - Conservation and Restoration of Art
after
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Radiography / Group of St. George 1420 - Restory - Ewa Lisiak - Conservation and Restoration of Art - 21

Group of St. George 1420
/ Radiography

To precisely provide which elements are original a radiography of figures from St. George Group was conducted.

removing inpainting - Conservation and Restoration of Art
removing inpainting

Radiography is a useful tool for studying how historical three dimensional object were created.

 

In this case X-ray analysis revealed a shape of reconstructed horse’s forehead, helped localize wooden parts of figures or find metal nails used to join elements.

UV before treatmant - Conservation and Restoration of Art
UV before treatmant
 Conservation and Restoration of Art

Group of St. George 1420
/ Conservation

To expose sculptures in the original place - an oak base with maswerk ornaments and painted coats of arms were reconstructed. Only middle quarter, which originally presented painting with St. George, was not reconstructed. This is in the plan of a third stage of a treatment.

Conservation and Restoration of Art

After using methods to reduce the rate of deterioration, reconstructed parts were replaced with the new ones, based on archival photography.

Conservation and Restoration of Art
Conservation and Restoration of Art
Conservation and Restoration of Art
Conservation and Restoration of Art
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 Conservation and Restoration of Art
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