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  Dress Maria Feodorovna. Colors before restoration
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  Dress Maria Feodorovna. Colors in the process of restoration
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In October - December 2009 in the Saratov State Art Museum ANRadishev is difficult restoration work. Finalized restoration pictures of Martin Ferdinand Kvadalya "Coronation of Paul I and Maria Feodorovna. More information about the artist and the picture here.

At the end of XVIII - early XIX centuries Martin Ferdinand Kvadal was one of the most popular artists in Europe. Born in Moravia, a graduate of the Vienna and the Paris Academy of Fine Arts, he wrote the imperial portraits, including the huge coronation song. His canvases devoted to the coronation of Paul I, - the only product of its kind, located in Russia, and it is in Radischevskaya museum.

work of Martin Ferdinand Kvadalya "Coronation of Paul I and Maria Feodorovna" entered the collection Radischevskaya museum from the estate Nadezhdin Serdobsk County Saratov province of Prince Feodor Alekseevich Kurakin. "The Coronation of Paul I» has appeared in a huge collection of beautiful portraits of historical figures Nadezhda Palace after 1809. That's what they say about it in the journal "Old Years" Sergei Ernst: "At the end of 1809 kN. Alexander B. Kurakin bought the curator of the estate of the late master of the merchant Ivan ripping Coronation of Emperor Paul "for 6000 rubles, appointed him the Academy, the painting was taken away in Saratov" Nadezhdin, and then, after many years, donated in Saratov Radischev Museum, where is this day ».

« very valuable offering, "called it a gift, our collection Radischevskaya Museum next year after its opening, its first keeper AL Kush. In the first book, an inventory of the museum in 1886, the picture was written under the title "The Coronation of the Empress Maria Feodorovna, M.-F. Kvadal named artist of the German school, she had been estimated at 15 thousand, a considerable sum for that time. The donor, accompanied by his offering of 100 rubles for the restoration of paintings, Prince Fedor Alekseevich Kurakin, pravnuchaty organizer Nadezhdina nephew and his last owner was an active member of the Saratov Academic Backup Commission has provided her financial support.

The exhibition Radischevskaya museum, this picture was exhibited in 1920, and then she went into storage and only in 1995, took part in the exhibition devoted to the chateau of Saratov Province, "The reflection of a glorious bygone ...».

According to O. Maple, the return of the product Kvadalya his initial appearance includes the full range of restoration measures, namely: strengthening of the canvas, ground, paint layer, craquelure, leveling the surface of the paint layer of the canvas. All the actions taken serve one sole purpose - the salvation of paintings from complete destruction.

restoration began, according to O. Klenow, with duplication of the canvas on a new canvas. The fact is that on the back of the canvas were 32 patch, which points to the fact that there have been 32 break-through basis. This resulted in the loss of the paint layer on fractures and along all edges of the perimeter of the picture. At a time when the picture was in a private collection and the museum, these defects were zatonirovany previous restorers.

«Yes it was, - said O. Klenow, - in a rather free manner with longer call on the author's paintings. Therefore toning very different in tone ».

Sequential study of the surface of painting in the ultraviolet revealed the presence of extensive new propisok and ponovleniya entire fragments of painting. At the time of its receipt of the restoration, it was very dark because of ponovleny and dark nail polish.

The restoration began with the elimination of a breakthrough, resulted in the establishment ideal surface for the restoration of paintings. In the gaps of lost paint layer was laid on the ground. Was removed varnish and later recording of the paint layer.

Here we should note the following fact. At different times the artists used different colors - they have different chemical composition. Kvadal enjoyed vermilion - red paint on the basis of mercury. Later podrisovki made in red on cadmium - a hard-on color. Authors canvas sewn from three canvases. And work with him is that from the front, then from the back side. Canvas stretched on the fields, it is better to lay down paint. The same device was used to eliminate cracelures: When paint cracks, the paint layer rises, the canvas should be stretched.

ultimate goal of restorers - to return the painting its original appearance. There is no cinnabar - mercury because it is prohibited bases for production, but there are colors that are close to her tone. The result of all this work pattern Kvadalya returned to its original appearance. Sounded a red carpet, filled with surprising sverkayusche-pearly dress Maria Feodorovna.

Here O. Klenow told some secret known only to professional artists and restorers. Noctilucent modulations dresses crowned empress had been achieved through the use of green.

Every teacher, student academic learning techniques of painting, teaches him to dispense five colors, and says: "If you make the sky, never take the blue color, but if you make a tree - green. On the canvases of green is achieved by mixing black and yellow color with ocher, and blue - mix of white, black and umber. This complicated the blue color flickering in the picture in the garb of saints on the walls of the temple, where the coronation.

O. Klenow considers restoration Kvadalya one of his professional successes, because the work combines various genres. Yes, it's multi-figure composition, but also a number of miniatures, because virtually every character - both miniature and portrait. So for the restoration of all the pieces necessary knowledge paintings restoration techniques as a miniature and portrait painting.

And the last. Restorers, working with "coronation" Kvadalya, convinced that a successful return to its original bright and festive appearance only little professionalism. The work must be love, pity, because she suffered so much loss. And only then, only in this case, the restoration will succeed. "Painting like light - finishes his story O. Klenow. She needs a frontal illumination ».

Restoration work planned to be completed by December 10, 2009. And yet ... While the two women are amazingly talented, with expertise in painting, art history, chemistry, composition, colors, happy that the picture is gratefully responded to the restoration, no resistance in the braces and remove craquelure.

Hope Grishina

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