Museo del Prado returns the brightness to ‘The Age’, de Goya – The Financial

MADRID Prado today announced the restoration of the work was , by Francisco de Goya , considered one of the most complex compositions of the series of cartoons for tapestries painted between 1775 and 1792.

The presentation of this work was part of the opening of the halls of the second floor exhibition dedicated to cartons Goya (1746-1828) and eighteenth century painting , so that visitors can better appreciate how the work of this Spanish painter Integra with their contemporaries.

was , made between 1786 and 1787, is one of the pieces with custom themes that he painted for the dining room the princes of Asturias in the Palacio del Pardo , and great dimension to be 2.76 meters wide and 6.41 meters long.

The restoration of the Prado , Almudena Sánchez , said it was necessary to tweak this work due to the” dark hues in which he was, and the object of the Restore was the elimination of oxidized varnish concealing the technical resources used by Goya in this work. “

He recalled that the first time was restored was was in 1870, and since then had only interventions, but not the complete work as was done in this case.

Restore allows observing several technical resources used by Goya , such as using various brushes according to the figures painted as wheat heads, points in applying thick paint and how denoting distance between bodies and objects.

The head of Conservation of the eighteenth century and specialist in Goya , Manuela Mena, stressed that the interest of the new management in these parts rooms provides insights into the painting of the century.

In a journey through the different rooms of the museum, he said how Goya’s work occurs with other painters such as Francisco Bayeu, Mariano Salvador Maella, Butcher Antonio Jose de Castillo and Luis Paret, some also with tapestry cartoons.

Director Prado , Miguel Zugaza and the representative of the Iberdrola Foundation, Carmen Recio, stressed that these rooms have LED lighting, replacing the halogen lamps, and allow a better appreciation of the details of the paintings.