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The Director of Fine Arts and Cultural Heritage, Enrique Ujaldón, accompanied by the director of the Center for the Restoration of Autonomous Community, Francisco López Soldevila, presented today the pastor of the church of Santo Domingo de Mula of two large oil paintings on canvas, dating from the seventeenth century, which was notable author Matthew Gilart painter, whose restoration has been completed in recent days at a cost of 24,000 euros.
The tables, in 1650, could come from the residence to the Marquis of Vélez had in Mula, and represent two reasons for the children of Christ, the Epiphany and the Flight to Egypt.
The location this is the altar of the Church of Santo Domingo.
The first case is a good sign Gilart style, with well drawn and clear forms a sharp play of light and shadow that highlights the volumes, with a clear plastic character in the foreground.
Favors the accumulation of characters displays of volumes, as does the marked foreshortening of King Gaspar, in contrast to the more pictorial and dilution of the figures in the background.
It retains the original framework, the interior at least, decorated with polychrome floral scrolls and gold background.
In the Flight to Egypt gets more presence on the landscape, although still included only as background for the author the possibility of introducing a symbolic element, such as classical statue beheaded lying beside the road passing by the Sagrada Familia, in an allusion to the overthrow of the ancient gods of the Savior.
The conservation status of the work was very poor.
The movements of the tables were produced on the fabric and the pictorial film breaks with loss of color.
By the weakness of the tissue, its high degree of fragility and lack of cohesion of the fibers, as well as the strength of the adhesive used in bonding, it is impossible to separate the webs of wood without damaging the layer and paint.
Therefore, we proceeded to consolidate the loose tissue or strengthen and unite bulges and loose boards.
The works were covered by a thick layer of surface dirt, oils and varnishes composed of oxidized, bound with dust and surface dirt.
It is appreciated also loss of color, and the frames had gold bumps and gaps, cracks and ungluing.
The author and his work
The author, Matthew Gilart (1629-1675), arrived in Murcia, from Valencia, with his brother Francisco, and was the capital of the Segura which develop throughout his painting, along with Nicolas Villacis forming a generation of artists that Professor Agüera Baroque identified as most active options in the city since 1660.
Among his works include the series "Life of the Virgin ', which is in the Museo del Prado,' The Good Shepherd 'and' La Virgen ', both in the Museo de Bellas Artes de Murcia,' The Annunciation 'and the 'Dream of San Jose', the Cathedral of Murcia, and, above all, the paintings and murals in the nave and chancel of the Chapel of Rosario Murcia, and their contribution to the famous 'Battle of Lepanto', the same church, designed by Juan de Toledo, who finished with the image of the Virgen del Rosario and the portraits of Philip II, Ali Pasha, Don Juan de Austria and Pope Pius V.
Source: CARM
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