Religious Artworks Restored at the Museo de la Semana Santa de Cuenca

April 1 2022

Image of Religious Artworks Restored at the Museo de la Semana Santa de Cuenca

Picture: Museo de la Semana Santa de Cuenca

Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:

The Museo de la Semana Santa de Cuenca (The Museum of Holy Week) in Spain have just opened an exhibition dedicated to a set of restored religious works of art. Jewels of the Passion features five works from various parishes that have been brought back to life through a vast conservation project.

Click here for an online catalogue (in Spanish) of the exhibition, which features quite a few interesting photos during the various stages of conservation.

The show will run from 31st March 2022 until 22nd May 2022.

I think this 'before and after' of a set of three anonymous sixteenth-century panels is rather striking! If only the revealed picture was of better quality:

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