Object: Oil on canvas

Title: Landscapes

Artist: Agostino Brunias (1730-1796)

Date: Eighteenth century

Dimensions:

• Landscape 1: 199 x 150.5 x 2 cm

• Landcape 2: 198.7 x 146.3 x 2 cm

Collection: Private collection

This conservation effort was a cooperative project. Upon joining the initiative, the painting was already in a stripped state, having undergone previous surface cleaning. The non-original varnish and accessible overpaint had been removed where feasible, though some overpaint was intentionally retained in areas where removal was deemed too hazardous to the original paint film. Additionally, old fills had been extracted when possible. Given the large scale of the work, extensive visual reintegration was required to restore aesthetic coherence.

Goal: to improve the aesthetics and the physical integrity of the painting.

1. Fills

   The painting shows extensive needs for large-scale filling, where losses need to be carefully fillsed and texturized in order to achieve a seamless transition, and integration with the surrounding surviving matertials.

2. Base retouching

   Larger losses that have been filled requires a base colour of retouch to facilitate later reintegration.

3. Intermediate varnish

   Adding a layer of stable varnish will ensure more saturated colours, even gloss, and isolation for the final retouching provess.

4. Final retouch

   A full imitative retouching campaign is in favour to restore the visual unity of the painting. The retouches are finalized over the isolating intermediate varnish.

5. Final varnish

   A final varnish layer is added to unify the gloss and even out the entire appearance.