The Deposition by Raffaello Sanzio: New analytical insights on old cross sections for the characterisation of pictorial palette.

ABSTRACT: In 2020, 500th anniversary of Raffaello Sanzio death, his Deposition (1507), -the altarpiece known also as the Pala Baglioni, today located at the Borghese Gallery in Rome-has been subjected to conservative revision and preventive conservation project. This included in-depth diagnostic campaigns through most modern non-invasive techniques, together with the analysis of old cross sections from the same Pala. These latters, prepared between 1966 and 1972, preserved in ICR laboratory of chemistry and testing materials archive, have been used to deepen the knowledge of Raffaello painting techniques. The use of such cross sections was fundamental to verify the original pictorial film and restoration re-paintings before the conservation intervention in the same years. In this paper

SUBMITTER: Ioele M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11336837 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature