THE MONUMENTAL SCULPTURE OF SAINT-GERY CHURCH OF SAINT-GERY IN BRAINE-LE-COMPTE -VALONIA – BELGIUM

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Monumental sculpture, Treatment, Conservation in situ, Cult, Applied brocade, Polychromy

Abstract

In 2015 we carried out the short-term conservation treatment in situ of a monumental Saint Christopher. This work, by an unknown author, dates from the 14th century and is conserved in the Saint-Géry church in Braine-le-Comte, in Wallonia (Belgium). This intervention aimed to treat local damage by wood-boring insects as well as the deterioration of the
support and pictorial layers. It was an excellent opportunity to closely observe this unique sculpture, with its particular symbolism, a reference for connoisseurs of Belgian sculptural heritage. In parallel to the conservation treatment in situ, we
also carried out a study. Although limited in time, this was fundamental in guiding the treatment. In this article, we briefly describe the context of the emergence of this unique, once popular iconography, as well as observations concerning its construction technique: support and polychromy.

Author Biography

Erika Benati Rabelo

Diplomada em História pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), especialista em Conservação e Restauração pelo Centro de Conservação e restauração de Bens Culturais M´poveis (Cecor/EBA/UFMG); Mestre pela Université de Sorbonne Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne. Conservadora e restauradora no atelier de escultura policromada do Institut Royal du Patrimoine Artistique (IRPA). Além da participação da autora, a restauração contou com a colaboração in situ de Emmanuelle Mercier, responsável pelo ateliê de escultura, da restauradora autônoma Delphine Mesmaeker, dos estagiários Cholé Bodin, Eline Aubert et Catherine Balteau, e da equipe e fotografia e radiologia do Irpa, Hervé Pigeolet e Catherine Fondaire. 

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Published

2021-12-22

Issue

No. 11 (2021)

Section

CONSERVAÇÃO E RESTAURAÇÃO

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