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The Director of Fine Arts and Cultural Heritage, Enrique Ujaldón, presented today the older brother of the Holy and Royal Hospital de la Caridad, Jose Vera Sanchez of the restored image of Christ on the agony.
The intervention consisted of the radiographic study and review of the work with different types of light to diagnose the diseases present in the work, protection and consolidation of strata, physical and chemical cleaning, sealing cracks and sewing, and chromatic reintegration differentiated and final coating of protection.
Moreover, given the poor condition of original color, it has remained current polychromy.
The restoration has taken a lead time of seven months and a cost of 11,990 euros.
The play had a poor condition during the nineteenth century repolicromó height, which caused the main pathology, to completely hide the original color.
There was also plenty of dirt, rust or varnish fumes, which were joined later on the new polychrome, and showed completely obscured.
Furthermore, had the almost total loss of polychrome from knees to feet.
It is a carved and painted image, dating from the eighteenth century by an anonymous author.
The carving represents the image of a living Christ who has not received the spear, his head raised, sunken eyes, pleading, looking skyward.
Her mouth is slightly open, a pained expression that reflects the drama of the moment.
The work on wood has tragic features traditional Spanish iconography that continues from previous centuries and with proper expression Baroque era.
Source: CARM
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