Janin Bechstedt PAINTING CONSERVATOR

25, RUE DU HAMEAU

75015 PARIS FRANCE

(33) 611. 052. 455 PATINA@SFR.FR

JANIN.BECHSTEDT@GMAIL.COM

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Index RESUME PREVIOUS AND CURRENT PROJECTS

Conservation of Paintings on Canvas or Wood Conservation of Polychrome Wood and Stone sculptures Conservation of Wall Paintings Monumental structures Renovation of Interior Decors, Decorative Paintings, Copies… Activities include Research, Papers, Conferences

Skills

Documentation and Reports Preventive Conservation Support Treatments Paint Layer Treatments

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Resume Name: Bechstedt First names: Janin Joanna Judith Address: 25, rue du Hameau 75015 Paris FRANCE Tel: (33) 611.052.455 Mail: patina@sfr.fr Date of Birth: 21 September 1970 Nationality: German OBJECTIVE: To work in a multidisciplinary team, acquire more experience in a larger institution, become acquainted with a new culture as well as new working methods and to engage in research on conservation. Also to make German, Italian and French research papers available to English speaking colleagues. STUDIES: Ongoing: University Paris-Sorbonne – Paris I, France : Research about European and Asian techniques for paintings on silk 2003-2007: Institut National du Patrimoine, Saint-Denis, France: Studies in painting conservation, Master II, thesis concerning fragile cotton canvas and their consolidation. 1996–2003: Sorbonne, Paris IV, France: Studies in History of Arts and Archaeology, Master I, thesis on conservation treatments in Europe (1945-2000) 1995: Conservation Faculty in Köln, Germany: entry, specialization: Conservation of wall-paintings TRAINING COURSES: 9-11th July 2013: Institut national du patrimoine, Saint Denis, France : Chris Stavroudis : “Modular Cleaning Program, part II, solvant systems” 18-20th July 2013: Institut national du patrimoine, Saint Denis, France : Chris Stavroudis : “Modular Cleaning Program, part I, aqueous systems” April – July 2006: Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence, Italy: Painting conservation and selective cleaning, under the direction of Paola Bracco (brief courses in minimal and traditional support interventions and tratteggio retouching) October 2005: Atelier Alain Roche, Paris, France: Support treatment of a Foujita painting, under the direction of Alain Roche August 2005: Voskopoje, Albania: Conservation of wall paintings, dir. Franziska Hourrière and Catherine Vernochet July 2004: Ancy-le-Franc, Burgundy, France: Conservation of wall paintings, dir. Franziska Hourrière and Catherine Vernochet

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June 2004: Dinan, Brittany, France: Preventive conservation of a painting collection, dir. Eléonore Kissel August 2001: C2RMF, Paris, France: Infrared reflectography, dir. Patrick Le Chanu January 1994 – June 1995: Studio of Hans Hangleiter, Lengfeld, Germany: Conservation of architecture, wall paintings, paintings on canvas and polychrome wooden sculptures, research on conservation materials, especially cyclododecane June 1992 – December 1993: Studio of Michael Laros, Walluf, Germany: Conservation of wall paintings, polychrome wooden and stone sculptures WORK EXPERIENCES: November 2010 - April 2011: Institut National du Patrimoine, Paris, France: research contract on multispectral imaging for the exam of art works Since September 1998: Various works for private collectors, antiquarians and museums (Musée national de la Marine, musée de Cluny, Muséem d’histoire naturelle, C2RMF , musée du Louvre, all in Paris, Centre Pompidou, Paris and Metz, musée Orbigny-Bernon, La Rochelle) April – July 2006: Atelier Luisa Landi, Florence, Italy: Conservation of paintings on canvas and wood panel September 1997 – September 1998: Atelier Renato Vassallo, Paris, France: Painting conservation and management of a studio March – September 1996: Atelier Jacques Goujon, Paris, France: Conservation of painted and gilded furniture WRITINGS AND ORAL INTERVENTIONS: Juin 2014 : « La restauration des tableaux – la science au service de l’art », conference at the public library Marguerite Yourcenar in Paris on painting conservation and science Mai 2014 : « Conseils aux commissaires-priseurs pour une meilleure conservation des peintures » in la revue du SYMEV, n° 9, mai 2014, p. 21-23, article about Handling and transport of paintings for the magazine of the association of French auctioneers. Avril 2012 : Multispectral imaging and false colours in conservation, two-days workshop, Universite de Pardubice, Tchec Republic, in cooperation avec Tim Paul Bade. January 2011 : « Les fausses couleurs infrarouges et ultraviolettes pour l’étude des œuvres peintes bi-dimensionnelles », conference at the colloquium Etude et recherche en conservation - restauration, Institut National du Patrimoine, Paris December 2009: “Le secret des trois dames - restauration d’une peinture du China Trade” (collaboration with Marie-Christine Papillon and Patricia Vergez) in Patrimoines, n° 5, p. 146-156, paper about multispectral Imaging for non invasive pigment analysis March 2009 : Une liaison malheureuse, conference about constituent materials in China Trade paintings, Musée Cernuschi, Paris (contents under press) 2007 : Aventures de trois dames Tsin dans le pays des Fan-Koueï – traitement d’une peinture sur coton fragilisé ; thesis (master II) ; historic and scientific researches involving the treatment of a Chinese oil painting July 2006 : Il trattamento del supporto degli dipinti su tela – pratiche in Francia ; conference on French support treatments, Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence, Italy

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2003: La restauration des repeints de modification – approche aux pratiques et discussions, France, Allemagne, Angleterre et Italie de 1945 à 2000 ; thesis (master I) at the Sorbonne, Paris IV, concerning conservation treatments of modifying overpaintings in Europe since 1945 CURRENTLY: Since November 2008: Researches on “natural” consolidation of paintings on silk September 2007 – April 2012 : collaboration with the Institut National du Patrimoine, Paris, France: Non invasive pigment identification by multi-spectral imaging (ultraviolet and infrared false colours) SKILLS: German: native speaker French: fluent English: fluent Italian: good average Some knowledge in Spanish (reading only) Good level in Pages, Word and Powerpoint, Photoshop, average level in KompoZer, Filemaker Pro and AutoCad, basic level in Excel. European driving licence for cars.

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Previous and Current Projects CONSERVATION OF PAINTINGS ON CANVAS OR WOOD

! Darmstadt-Wixhausen (Germany), protestant church: clearing and cleaning of several paintings on panel (app. 18th century), enclosed in the choir

balustrade, representing testament scenes; dir. Michael Laros ! Frankfurt/Main (Germany), Church of the Teutonic Order: « Virgins Ascension » (app. 17th century): Fixing of the paint layer, surface cleaning, filling,

retouching and varnish of an oil painting; dir. Hans Hangleiter

Edges of the painting before treatment

Mapping of the items alterations Painting edges during treatment

Detail of the « Virgins Ascension » after treatment

! Lengfeld – Otzberg (Germany), studio of Hans Hangleiter : Lining of an oil painting ; dir. Hans Hangleiter

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! Paris (France), studio of Renato Vassallo : Various conservation treatments of oil paintings on canvas and panel, mainly lining, cleaning, filling, retouching and varnishing

! Paris (France), Atelier Patina : Various conservation treatments of oil paintings on canvas and panel: de-lining, backing, cleaning and varnish removal,

filling, retouching, varnishing. Writing of condition reports, diagnostics, conservation programs and treatment reports, preventive conservation advise, studio management

! Saint Dénis (France), Institut National du Patrimoine:

various conservation treatments of oil paintings on canvas; deformation treatments, paint layer fixing, paint layer and / or support consolidation, lining and backing, tear-mending, tests on various conservation materials and techniques, surface cleaning, partial and complete varnish removal, filling, retouching, varnishing. Writing of condition reports, diagnostics, conservation programs and treatment reports, preventive conservation; dir. Patricia Vergez, Claudia Sindaco, David Prot, Chantal Bureau and Christian Vibert

! Dinan, Brittany (France), castle: Condition analysis of

about 200 paintings on canvas, paper and panel, some temporary facing protections of the paint layer and packing for transport in the new storage rooms, analysis of storage conditions and preservation guidelines; dir. Eléonore Kissel

! Paris (France), Atelier Serge Tiers: Conservation

treatment of various paintings on canvas (among an ensemble of Zurbaran paintings). De-lining, backing, tear-mending, support consolidation, cleaning, varnish- and overpainting removal, filling, retouching, varnishing; dir. Serge Tiers

Francisco de Zurbaran: “Sibylla Delphica” under extension

Francisco de Zurbaran: “Sibylla Hellespontica” during overpainting-, varnish- and filling removal

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! Paris (France), Atelier Alain Roche : Support treatment of an oil painting of Léonard (Tsuguharu) Fujita (20th century); fixing of the paint layer, backing and mounting on a self expansion stretcher; dir. Alain Roche

Léonard (Tsuguharu) Foujita: “Composition with lions”, Essonne department (France), first half of the 20th century

Detail of the painting Back of the painting after treatment and mounting on the self expansion stretcher

Stretcher deploy-ment

! Florence (Italy), Opificio delle Pietre Dure : Bernardo Daddi (14th century): “Crucifixion with Saints”: Condition analysis, diagnostics, conservation program, fixing and selective cleaning of the paint layer; dir. Paola Bracco

! Florence (Italy), Opificio delle Pietre Dure : Tratteggio-retouching of

Agnolo Bronzino’s “Last Judgement”, Santa Croce, Florence; dir. Rosa Maria Sailer

! Florence (Italy), Opificio delle Pietre Dure: minimal support

intervention; dir. Ezio Buzzegoli ! Florence (Italy), Opificio delle Pietre Dure : Italian lining-techniques;

dir. Luciano Sostegno

Daddi painting during cleaning (Santa Maria Nuova, Florence)

Detail of the gilded surface during cleaning

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Agnolo Bronzino: “Last Judge-ment”, Florence, Santa Croce

Detail of the tratteggio retouching Minimal support treatment: Sewing of a tear

Thread-to-thread-mending with starch-glue paste

Lining of a painting

! Saint-Denis (Paris), Institut National du Patrimoine: Youqua, “Garden, three ladies”: Condition analysis, historic and scientific research, diagnostics,

conservation program, tear-mending, backing, cleaning, varnish removal, filling, retouching, varnishing, back protection, guidelines for climate, stocking and transport

“Garden, three ladies” before intervention, raking light

Development of a deployment to approach tear borders and to secure the accident area

Detail of inlay and tear mending After backing

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! La Rochelle (France), Musée Orbigny-Bernon: Currently working on a collection of eighteen 19th century China Trade paintings; survey, preventive

conservation, condition reports, diagnostics, conservation program, support and paint layer treatment, ongoing since 2007 ! Paris (France), Musée de la Marine: 19th century China Trade portrait of Yi-Qing, by Youqua, condition reports, diagnostics, conservation program,

support and paint layer treatment, preventive conservation, 2009 ! Metz, Centre Pompidou : campaign of condition reports of items for the exhibition « Chefs-

d’œuvres ? », Mai 2010. ! Paris, Centre Pompidou : back protection of the Triptyque bleu de Joan Miró for transport to

London (under direction of Alain Roche), April 2011. ! Paris, Musée national du Moyen Age : four years contract for conservation of paintings on

canvas (mainly 18th and 19th century), since November 2011. ! Paris, Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France : research on constituent

materials, technique and treatment options for a painted silk screen, 18th century (under direction de Patricia del Pra), Novembre 2012 – June 2014.

! Paris, musée du Louvre : treatment of a cuppola made by Antoine-François Callet in 1774-76, oil painting on canvas on mortar, transposed in 1846,

attached to a new structure (wood and gypsum) in 1914, cut into approximately 20 pieces in 1941. Construction of a new aluminium structure, reassembly of the fragments, consolidation of the ancien structure, cleaning, varnish thinning, removal of overpaintings, filling, varnish, retouching (under direction of Anthony Pontabry), Mai 2012 – April 2014.

! Paris, muséum d’Histoire naturelle : four years contract for conservation of paintings on canvas (mainly 18th and 19th century), since Avril 2014.

Paint scale under SEM to evaluate cleaning methods

During varnish removal “Garden, three ladies” after treatment Back protection system

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Youqua: portrait of Ki-Ying, Musée National de la Marine, Paris, n° 1004, before treatment

Youqua: portrait of Ki-Ying after treatment

Auguste Leroux : Visita t the musée de Cluny, during aqueous cleaning, Musée de Cluny, n°CL 23417

Antoine-François Callet: Allegoric decoration, after conservation, Musée du Louvre, 18th century department

Youqua: Young Chinese observed by two women behind a fence, Musée National de la Marine, Storage at musée d’Orbigny-Bernon, La Rochelle, before intervention (currently under treatment)

Youqua: Young Chinese observed by two women behind a fence, Musée National de la Marine, Storage at musée d’Orbigny-Bernon, La Rochelle, back before intervention

Youqua: Young Chinese observed by two women behind a fence, Musée National de la Marine, Storage at musée d’Orbigny-Bernon, La Rochelle, after thred-to-thread mending and filling

Youqua: Young Chinese observed by two women behind a fence, Musée National de la Marine, Storage at musée d’Orbigny-Bernon, La Rochelle, after first retouching (ongoing)

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Altar of the Virgin ; total view in situ

CONSERVATION OF POLYCHROME WOOD AND STONE SCULPTURES

! Münstermaifeld, (Germany), cathedral : « Christs Entombment » : cleaning, filling retouching of a group of stone sculptures ; dir. Michael Laros

! Frankfurt / Main (Germany), cathedral : polychrome emblem (oil on wood) (app. 19th century ) :

fixing, filling, retouching, varnishing ; dir. Hans Hangleiter ! Frankfurt / Main (Germany), church of the Teutonic Order : Altar of the Virgin : temporary facing of

the paint layer (oil on wood) for transport, surface cleaning, varnish removal and cleaning program for different paint layers and gilding techniques ; selective varnish removal, filling, retouching, varnishing of the shrine ; dir. Hans Hangleiter

From left to right: Left lateral niche during cleaning, different gilding techniques ; cleaning tests in the blue chamfer ; one of the angels in the chamfer, before and after cleaning

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Emblem of the altar(central chamfer) before left) and after (right) cleaning

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! Sayn, Eiffel (Germany), catholic parish church : « Twelve apostles », polychrome (oil on wood) sculptures (app. 19th century) ; paint layer fixing, surface

cleaning, filling, retouching, varnishing ; dir. Hans Hangleiter ! Paris (France), Atelier Jacques Goujon : Clearing of two polychrome (oil and shellac on wood) sculptures from the 19th century ; filling, retouching,

varnishing ; dir. Jacques Goujon ! Paris (France), Atelier Jacques Goujon : Reconstitution of a glue-bound paint layer on a group of furniture (18th century) ; dir. Jacques Goujon ! Paris (France), Atelier Jacques Goujon : Console (18th century) : Condition analysis, clearing of the paint layer, fixing, filling, retouching ; dir. Jacques

Goujon ! Neuilly s./ Seine (France), Musée des Arts et Traditions Populaires; Moroccan matrimonial coffin, 19th century, painted wood: varnish removal, revarnishing,

retouching, dir. Anaïs Gailhbaud

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CONSERVATION OF WALL PAINTINGS

! Darmstadt-Wixhausen (Germany), protestant church : cleaning of a wall-painting of Eberhard Schlotter (1950’s).

Clearing of various decorative elements on the walls, cleaning, filling, retouching ; dir. Michael Laros

! Hochheim / Main (Germany), county court : Clearing, cleaning, filling, retouching and varnish of a19th

century oil-based wall-painting ; dir . Michael Laros ! Münstermaifeld (Germany), gothic collegiate church: Condition report with mapping of the wall

paintings;

! Darmstadt (Germany), private residence: Clearing, cleaning, filling and retouching of the wall paintings in a half-timbered house, 17th century; dir. Michael Laros

! Reichelsheim, Odenwald (Germany), protestant church (end 15th century) : Research and analysis of previous interior decor ; dir. Michael Laros ! Kirn, Eiffel (Germany), protestant church: reconstitution and retouching of the floral themes (19th century) in the cupola ; dir. Michael Laros ! Bad König, Odenwald (Germany), castle (16th century) : Consolidation, filling and retouching of a lime-based wall-painting ; dir. Michael Laros ! Koblenz (Germany), Stolzenfels castle (13 - 15th and 19th century): Analysis of condition and documentation of the façade frescoes; dir. Peter and Michael

Laros ! Landau (Germany), private residence : Cleaning, paint layer fixing, filling, retouching and varnishing of an oil-based wall-painting (1950’s); dir. Hans

Hangleiter ! Steinbach (Germany), Einhard-basilica (9th century) : Consolidation of interior plasters with injections and silicic acid ester, consolidation of a powdery

paint layer ; dir. Hans Hangleiter

Einhard-basilica, Steinbach

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! Heidesheim (Germany), Saint-George-chapel (roman occupation – 18th century) : Clearing and cleaning of a glue-based frieze (appr. 15th century) ; dir. Hans Hangleiter

! Ancy-le-Franc, Burgundy (France), castle, Dianas Room (16th century) : Condition analysis (mapping), diagnostics,

conservation program, cleaning, plaster consolidation, paint layer fixing, filling of an ensemble of oil-based wall-paintings ; dir. Franziska Hourrière and Catherine Vernochet (Institut National Patrimoine)

! Paris (France), Cité Universitaire, Belgium-House (19th century) : Condition analysis (mapping), diagnostics,

conservation program of two oil-based wall-paintings in the auditorium with particular consideration of preventive conservation and questions of climate ; dir. Patricia Vergez (Institut National du Patrimoine)

! Voskopojie (Albania), Church of Saint Athanasius (18th century) : Cleaning program, plaster consolidation, fixing of

the lime/caseine-based paintings, filling, retouching ; dir. Marie-Jo Mano (ICR, Italy), Ann van Grevenstein (SRAL, Netherlands), Franziska Hourrière and Catherine Vernochet (INP, France) Frieze inside Saint-George chapel during

treatment

Detail of the paint layer with uprising scales and salt deposals on the surface

Fixing of the paint layer Detail of the paintings before (left) and after (right) conservation treatment

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MONUMENTAL STRUCTURES

! Cornberg, Bebra (Germany), previous gothic cloister : Injections to consolidate the inside plasters, dir. Hans Hangleiter

! Heidesheim (Germany), Saint-George chapel (roman occupation – 18th century): Injections to

consolidate walls and inside plasters, differentiated fillings. Clearing and cleaning of wall-stones, careful removal of animals living inside the masonry, dir. Hans Hangleiter

! Heidesheim (Germany), Windeck Castle (appr. 13th century) : Research and analysis of the history of

construction, dir. Stefan Schopf and Hans Hangleiter ! Erbach, Odenwald (Germany), Castle (18th century): Research and analysis of the history of

construction, dir. Stefan Schopf and Hans Hangleiter

Entry of the Cornberg cloister

West front of Saint-George chapel South front

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! Limburg, Kaiserlautern (Germany), previous roman minster : Research and analysis of the history of construction, mapping, condition report and diagnostics, dir. Stefan Schopf and Hans Hangleiter

Limburg minster, East front South front with different construction phases During documentation of different

construction phases, window sill, North front Upper South front

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RENOVATION OF INTERIOR DECORS, DECORATIVE PAINTINGS, COPIES…

! Darmstadt-Wixhausen (Germany), protestant church: Renovation of a baroque interior (walls, ceiling and furniture): Reconstitution of the original decoration on walls and ceiling, marbling and oil based gilding of organ and pulpit; dir. Michael Laros and Eberhard Münch

! Nackenheim (Germany), catholic church: water-based gilding of a 19th century organ, dir. Gundrun and Michael

Laros ! Bad König, Odenwald (Germany), castle: Trompe l’oeil on the front of a 16th century castle, imitating sculpted

window consoles, dir. Michael Laros, Eberhard Münch and Janin Bechstedt ! Mainz (Germany), private villa: decorative arrangement of the interior surfaces, dir. Michael Laros and

Eberhard Münch

Reconstruction of the stucco trompe-l’oeil on the ceiling

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! Frankenhausen (Germany), Stud Reinhardtswald: wall painting representing a galloping horse

! Paris (France), private villa: Marbling decoration of the entrance ! Paris (France): various painting copies, different artists, schools and

techniques Left: copy of a detail of Giotto’s Virgin with Child (Pinacoteca, Bologna), egg tempera and water-based gilding on wood panel Right: Copy of Jan van Eyck’s Man with a turban (National Gallery, London), oil on oak panel

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RESEARCH, PAPERS, CONFERENCES ! June 2014 : « La restauration des tableaux – la science au service de l’art », conférence at the public library Marguerite Yourcenar in

! Mai 2014 : « Conseils aux commissaires-priseurs pour une meilleure conservation des peintures » in la revue du SYMEV, n° 9, mai 2014, p. 21-23, paper on

handling, transport and stocking of paintings in the magazine of the association of French auctioneers

! April 2012 : Multispectral imaging and false colours in conservation, 2-days workshop at the université of Pardubice, Tchec Republic, with Tim Paul Bade. ! December 2009 : Le secret des trois dames, paper about multispectral imaging for non-invasive pigment analysis; collaboration with Marie-Christine

Papillon and Patricia Vergez (Institut National du Patrimoine) ! March 2009 : Une liaison malheureuse, conference about materials and techniques of 19th century China Trade paintings, Musée Cernuschi and Inp, Paris,

France ! Since November 2008: Research about “natural” consolidation of paintings on silk, project for a Ph.D.-thesis ! September 2007 – April 2011: Infrared- and ultraviolet false colours – multispectral imaging for non invasive pigment analysis, research in collaboration

with the Institut National du Patrimoine ! September 2007: Aventures de trois dames Tsin dans le pays des Fan-Koueï – traitement d’une peinture sur coton fragilisé, thesis (Master II), historic and scientific

research concerning the treatment of a Chinese 19th century oil-painting on a very fragile cotton canvas, Institut National du Patrimoine ! 2007: Research on the degradation of cellulose, mainly cotton ! July 2006: Il trattamento del supporto degli dipinti su tela – pratiche in Francia, Conference about canvas treatment in France for second-year students in

painting conservation, Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence, Italy ! April 2006: Consolidation and fixing of matte paint layers on silk ; dir. Claudia Sindaco ! September 2003: La restauration des repeints de modification – approche aux pratiques et discussions, France, Allemagne, Angleterre et Italie de 1945 à 2000, thesis

(Master I) at the Sorbonne (Paris IV) involving conservation treatments for modifying overpaintings in Europe since 1945 ; dir. Françoise Hamon ! 1995 : Practical research in cyclododecane for conservation treatments ; dir. Hans Hangleiter

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Skills DOCUMENTATION

! Reports on history of art, technique and history of conservation of an item or an ensemble, condition analysis, diagnostics, conservation programs and

reports, guidelines for preventive conservation ! Good understanding of various analysis methods like uv-reflection and fluorescence, infrared photography and reflectography, x-rays, false colours,

microscopy and SEM ; notions of most current other analyses. ! Non invasive pigment analysis by multispectral imaging, examination of various degradations and previous interventions ! Good knowledge in history of arts and of conservation as well as ethics and artistic techniques

PREVENTIVE CONSERVATION ! Evaluation of the best conditions for storage, transport and exhibition conditions of an item or collection

Temporary protection of a canvas tear

During packing of a painting for transport

Temporary protection of a tear with japan paper and cellulose glue

Quarantine of an insect infested painting during transport

Back protection of a painting with polycarbonate panels

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SUPPORT TREATMENT ! Mechanical and chemical cleaning of canvas

Enzymatic cleaning of a de-lined painting support Mechanichal cleaning of dust deposit on the back of an item Cleaning of a canvas with distilled water

! Deformation treatments with cartonnage, facing, heat, humidity (climatic tent or located in one area), pressure and tension

Canvas deformation in raking light

Treatment with heat and pressur Treatment with humidity and pressure (cartonnage)

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! Tear mending with thread-by-thread (different adhesives) or sewing

Tear before treatment, front view

Canvas inlays and thread-to-thread mending

Sewing of a canvas tear Accident zone after tear mending and filling

Backing of a painting with a synthetic resin on polyester veil

! Consolidation of canvas and wooden supports with various synthetic resins ! Backing with various synthetic and / or natural adhesives (solvent, pressure and heat techniques). Lining with wax-resin paste, flour-animal glue or

mixed technique ! Mounting on various kinds of stretchers, modification of original stretchers for more flexible mountings ! Development of back protections against dust, shocks and / or climate insults

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PAINT LAYER TREATMENT ! Refixing of paint layers (various synthetics and natural glues, from front and back of the item), eventually including low

pressure table or facing ! Establishment and application of cleaning programs (dry solutions, surfactants, acid and alkaline solutions, chelators,

etc.)

! Removal of overpaintings and varnishes with physical or chemical methods (mechanical, aqueous and solvent techniques) Adhesion problems of a paint layer ! Fillings with various natural and synthetic mixtures, applied by spatula or brush, very exact reconstruction of the surface structure

Surface cleaning of a monochrome painting with distilled water and microporous sponges

Tests for varnish removal Red fillings, concording to the original priming White fillings made of clay and animal glue

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! Retouching with aquarelle, gouache, oil glazes, natural and synthetic resins, tratteggio, dotting and glazing techniques. ! Varnish with brush, sponge and spray, experiences with various synthetic and natural resins

Detail during retouching with small lines Detail during retouching in small dots After retouching

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