Gemälde- und Textilrestaurierung Hand in Hand

Die Konservierung eines Leinwandgemäldes durch Einsetzen einer großflächigen gefärbten Gewebeintarsie

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Painting and textile restoration hand in hand. The conservation of a canvas painting by inserting a large-scale dyed fabric inlay
A family portrait, likely originating from the former Rötha Castle, Saxony, and currently part of the local city and history museum (Stadt- und Heimatmuseum Rötha), was the subject of a diploma thesis at the Dresden University of Fine Arts in 2017/18. Since then, the heavily damaged canvas painting has been continuously worked on in the specialized class for art technology, conservation and restoration of paintings on mobile supports. Water damage resulted in severe loosening of the paint layers, numerous tears, deformations and a significant loss of the textile support characterized the appearance of this high-quality 19th-century painting. Following a thorough examination and extensive consolidation of the paint layers, the tears have been meticulously joined and closed with a fiber-binder mixture in recent years. Generous funding from the Marlis Kressner Foundation facilitated several academic semester break internships. An interesting solution was developed to address the loss in the support by using a colored canvas inlay, thereby completely avoiding restoration measures.