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Taking care of the works is certainly voluntary but it generates costs : costs of restoration equipment and products, costs of premises, insurance costs, costs of communication around the works... Without Muses & A.R.T., without its volunteers and above all without you, our donors and members, these paintings will remain forgotten.
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These endangered works were entrusted to Muses & A.R.T. in order to benefit from urgent safeguarding measures.
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Portrait of The Dauphin of France, Van Loo Workshop, 18th century, Castle of St Bonnet les Oules, France

The face of the subject, which has been completely overpainted, is unrecognizable after an old and abusive restoration operation, while the original coloured layer, which has been weakened, is lifting, threatening an irremediable loss of material...

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restauration tableaux gratuite
association sauvegarde patrimoine peinture
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Portrait of Louis XV, Van Loo Workshop, 18th century, Castle of St Bonnet les Oules, France

Multiple overpaints are present, signs of a former restoration operation which must now be renewed : numerous liftings of pictorial material threaten the good conservation of the work and its durability...

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Portrait of Louis XV, Van Loo Workshop, Castle of St Bonnet les Oules, France

restauration tableaux gratuite

Multiple overpaints are present, signs of a former restoration operation which must now be renewed : numerous liftings of pictorial material threaten the good conservation of the work and its durability...

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Portrait of Reverend Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, anonymous, 19th century, Institut Départemental Gustave Baguer

This illustrious figure was a co-founder of the first schools for the deaf and hard of hearing in the United States.
Forgotten under a thick layer of yellowish varnish, the portrait loses its tonality. Conservative measures on the support are also necessary to remedy structural defects that directly impact the paint layer.
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545 €

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Financed

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Frais inhérents à la prise en charge de l'oeuvre

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Preservation project completed

Icon, Madonna and Child with Riza of metal, 19th century, Museum of Notre-Dame de Marceille, France

The Virgin and Child was returned to its home in the museum of the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Marceille in Limoux on September 17, 2022, after a two-year campaign. Thank you all for your support! A page dedicated to the detailed summary of the conservation-restoration work is in progress...
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Financed and delivered

Financed and delivered

The Virgin and Child was returned to its home in the museum of the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Marceille in Limoux on September 17, 2022, after a two-year campaign. Thank you all for your support! A page dedicated to the detailed summary of the conservation-restoration work is in progress...
To know more about the work before intervention

Preservation project completed

Icon, Madonna and Child with Riza of stamped metal, 19th century, Museum of Notre-Dame de Marceille, France

Financed and delivered

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