Stories of the Life of Saint George : Materials and Techniques from a Barbelli Mural Painting

IF 0.8 4区化学 0 ARCHAEOLOGY

Studies in Conservation Pub Date : 2023-10-03 DOI:10.1080/00393630.2023.2262842

Beatrice Menegaldo, Daniela Aleccia, Gert Nuyts, Aria Amato, Emilio Francesco Orsega, Giulia Moro, Eleonora Balliana, Karolien De Wael, Ligia Maria Moretto, Victoria Beltran

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ABSTRACTGian Giacomo Inchiocchio (1604–1656), better known as Barbelli, was one of the main exponents of Lombard painting of the seventeenth century. A large body of work is attributed to him, encompassing a wide range of drawings, murals, and oil paintings. However, despite his broad production, there are still many open questions regarding his painting techniques and materials. In this paper, a multi-analytical study of the cycle Stories of the life of Saint George that originally decorated the presbytery of the parish church of Casaletto Vaprio (Cremona, Italy) was performed, combining non-invasive techniques with the characterisation of selected micro samples. Results show that Barbelli used a very limited number of inorganic pigments, often mixing them together to create different colours and shades. Remains of caseinate and degradation products (i.e. weddellite and whewellite) related to the strappo intervention were also highlighted. The study helped to decipher the materials and technique of this painting, providing data that can be used as a reference to study his extensive production.KEYWORDS: Mural paintingsBarbellistrappofresco techniquemulti-analytical study AcknowledgementsSince 2019, the municipality of Casaletto Vaprio in partnership with the Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio (ABAP) of the provinces of Cremona, Lodi, and Mantua has launched a project to acquire and relocate all the detached artworks. Prior to relocating the artworks, the state of conservation of each strappo was characterised. We thank the colleagues of ABAP for involving us in the study of these artworks and providing us with the samples. The authors would like to thank the Patto per lo Sviluppo della Città di Venezia (Comune di Venezia) for support for the research.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThe authors acknowledge the financial support of the FWO agency under the call ‘FWO Medium Size Research Infrastructure' (funded project: High resolution Raman spectroscopy and imaging, ref. I010320N). This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement ID 101058973 (DOI 10.3030/101058973).

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圣乔治生活的故事:Barbelli壁画的材料和技术

【摘要】gian Giacomo Inchiocchio(1604-1656)是十七世纪伦巴第画派的主要代表人物之一，也被称为Barbelli。大量的作品被认为是他的作品，包括各种各样的素描、壁画和油画。然而，尽管他的作品广泛，但他的绘画技巧和材料仍有许多悬而未决的问题。在本文中，对最初装饰Casaletto Vaprio(意大利克雷莫纳)教区教堂长老会的圣乔治生活循环故事进行了多分析研究，将非侵入性技术与选定微样本的特征相结合。结果表明，Barbelli使用了非常有限的无机颜料，经常将它们混合在一起以创造不同的颜色和色调。还强调了酪蛋白酸盐和降解产物(即weddellite和whewellite)的残留。这项研究有助于破译这幅画的材料和技术，为研究他的广泛生产提供了参考数据。自2019年以来，Casaletto Vaprio市政府与Cremona, Lodi和Mantua省的Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio (ABAP)合作启动了一个项目，以获取和重新安置所有分离的艺术品。在重新安置艺术品之前，对每个吊带的保护状态进行了描述。我们感谢ABAP的同事让我们参与这些艺术品的研究，并为我们提供样品。作者感谢威尼斯市政委员会(Patto per lo siluppo della cittopordi Venezia)对这项研究的支持。披露声明作者未报告潜在的利益冲突。作者感谢FWO机构在“FWO中型研究基础设施”下的财政支持(资助项目:高分辨率拉曼光谱和成像，参考号:I010320N)。该项目已获得欧盟地平线研究与创新计划的资助，Marie Skłodowska-Curie资助协议ID 101058973 (DOI 10.3030/101058973)。

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Studies in Conservation 化学-分析化学

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期刊介绍： Studies in Conservation is the premier international peer-reviewed journal for the conservation of historic and artistic works. The intended readership includes the conservation professional in the broadest sense of the term: practising conservators of all types of object, conservation, heritage and museum scientists, collection or conservation managers, teachers and students of conservation, and academic researchers in the subject areas of arts, archaeology, the built heritage, materials history, art technological research and material culture. Studies in Conservation publishes original work on a range of subjects including, but not limited to, examination methods for works of art, new research in the analysis of artistic materials, mechanisms of deterioration, advances in conservation practice, novel methods of treatment, conservation issues in display and storage, preventive conservation, issues of collection care, conservation history and ethics, and the history of materials and technological processes. Scientific content is not necessary, and the editors encourage the submission of practical articles, review papers, position papers on best practice and the philosophy and ethics of collecting and preservation, to help maintain the traditional balance of the journal. Whatever the subject matter, accounts of routine procedures are not accepted, except where these lead to results that are sufficiently novel and/or significant to be of general interest.