The BA thesis titled Conservation-Restoration of Polychromed Wooden Sculpture Putto from the National Gallery of Slovenia deals with the conservation-restoration treatment performed at the Conservation-restoration department of the National Gallery of Slovenia.
The statue of Putto was completely covered with layers of dust and it was overpainted several times, so the aim of the conservation-restoration treatment was to improve the aesthetics of the artwork and to present it in the condition closest to the original. After investigating the original paint layers, we first stabilized the very fragile paint layer so that the following steps could be completed safely. We consolidated, cleaned, removed secondary paint layers, filled the missing gesso ground and retouched it. When making decisions on each procedure and materials, we followed ethical principles. We successfully removed materials applied to the surface in the past. Despite extensive damage, we successfully retouched the missing paint layer. We achieved the goals of the conservation-restoration treatment, improved the artwork aesthetics and established a condition that allows safe storage and display.
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