insertions are present on a panel, Domenico Puligo’s Virgin and Child with
Saints,from the cathedral in Laterina, with the inscription “RESTA[urat]a
1634” on the crossbar (Fig. 5). On some occasions one finds dovetails set
into the front, a method that destroys the paint layer locally, as in the
organ shutters by Amico Aspertini, The Mirac le of the Workman,in San
Petronio in Bologna (Fig. 6).190 Rothe
Figure 5
Domenico Puligo, Virgin and Child with Saints,
ca. 1522. Reverse. Oil (?) on panel, 195 3289
cm. Cathedral, Laterina, Italy. Repairs, dated
1634 on the crossbar, with applications offlax
fibers and gesso over the cracks, which have
also been reinforced with wedgelike insertions
placed into carved-out channels.
Figure 6
Amico Aspertini, The Miracle of the Workman
(organ shutter), 1531. Oil or mixed technique
(?) on panel, 500 3 202 cm. San Petronio,
Bologna. Old repairs were made with dove-
tails set into the front of the panel.