This bachelor's thesis addresses the issues and methodology of the aesthetic reintegration of
damaged gilding, using the case study of Baroque polychromed wooden putti from the Posavski
muzej Brežice. The theoretical part of this thesis focuses on the historical development of gilding
itself, gilding in the Baroque period, the technology of gilding, as well as the most common
forms of deterioration affecting the gilded surfaces. Special emphasis is placed on contemporary
ethical principles of the conservation-restoration profession, particularly the principle of minimal
intervention, which dictates respect for authenticity and the original despite its fragmentary state
of preservation. The practical part describes the implementation of the aesthetic reintegration of
major losses of missing gilding without filling the missing ground and gilding layers, but solely
through retouching.
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