The Holy Trinity

DESCRIPTION

Unfortuately the image quality precludes an interpretation

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2016]

Painting:

• surface cleaned with Wishab-sponge (dry)

• scratches and losses retouched with gouache paints

• surface appearance adjusted with dammar in terpentine (1:8)

• spray application of varnish (Dammar in Terpentine/ 1:5)

Frame:

• surface cleaned with Wishab-sponge (dry) and Chemical Sponge

• losses filled with a chalk-glue fill material

• retouched with gouache paints

a backboard was mounted on the reverse (acid-free board)

[Conservation Treatment Report, Ulrike Fuchsberger, Ferdinandeum 2009]

Surface:

• already cleaned with a hoover (April 2005)

Varnish:

• patchy, dull, yellowed

Paint Layers:

• sufficient adhesion to the support/ground; partial cracquelée

• slight flaking to the right of God the Father

• fine wrinkling in the corner spandrels at the top left and right and in the brown tones at the bottom along the edge and in the corners

• scratch at the bottom, centre

• damage caused by the rebate

• drying cracks to the left of Christ's body, in the figure of God the Father and to the right of God the Father at hand height

Support:

• numerous small losses along the bottom edge

• top left edge trimmed

• reverse finished with a toothed plane

• large greasy mark at the bottom, centre (to make an inscription 'legible')

• right half, from the top: trickle of glue, dints caused by nails in the frame; centre: remnants of paper strips along the edge, spot-like mould (more than 10%)

Frame:

• profiled members, each 75 mm in width, extensively decorated, guilded with gold-leaf (matt and glossy)

• surface dirt

• areas in relief abraded

• corners and outer edges knocked,

• inner batten at the top, right: loss of c. 55 mm in length

Treatment:

• cleaned with a hoover, disinfected, taken out of storage

[Report, Wilma Wechner, Ferdinandeum, 01.09.2006]