Étude et restauration du Christ des Rameaux du musée de l’Œuvre Notre-Dame de Strasbourg

• Main Author: Manon Joubert
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Association CeROArt 2014-03-01
• Series: CeROArt : Conservation, Exposition, Restauration d'Objets d'Art
• Subjects: Christ riding on an ass; german sculpture; Palmesel; polychrome wood; sculpture
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/ceroart/4010
• ISSN: 1784-5092

Thehistorical andiconographicstudy allowed to highlightthe historical significance ofthe sculpturewhilethe detailedobservations of the implementation revealthat materialsand techniques usedare typical ofthesculptureGerman of this period.The proposedtreatment includes animportant workofremoval of the overpaints recovering the originalpolychromy layer on the Christ who allows to appreciate better the qualityof execution of thesculpture.