Spain restores a 16th century relic and the result is unusual
To Estella, Spain, where a local expert is undertaking the “restoration” of the five centuries old painted wooden effigy of St. George at the Church of St Michael.
“The parish decided on its own to take action to restore the statue and gave the job to a local handicrafts teacher,” Mayor Koldo Leoz tells The Guardian. “The council wasn’t told and neither was the regional government of Navarre… It’s not been the kind of restoration that it should have been for this 16th-century statue. They’ve used plaster and the wrong kind of paint and it’s possible that the original layers of paint have been lost.”
You an blame the tools, but leave the artisan out of it:
Original: Right; Restored version: Left. Or is it the other way around?
Spanish restorers have a rich history of this sort of thing.
Posted: 27th, June 2018 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
