Restoring Rogier van der Weyden
May 25 2011
Picture: Museo Prado
The Prado is to restore Rogier van der Weyden's c.1460 The Crucifixion. The process is expected to take two years:
The study and subsequent restoration of Van der Weyden’s Crucifixion will be undertaken by the Museo del Prado’s restoration team in collaboration with restorers from Patrimonio Nacional, to whom the Museum will be making available its technical resources and experience acquired through the restoration of other works on panel in recent decades, including The Descent from the Cross by the same artist, which was restored in 1993. The lengthy procedure envisaged will involve a detailed and complete study of the panel in order to decide on the most appropriate procedures for its conservation and restoration.
Full details here.
