The Structural Conservation of Panel Paintings

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Figure 7
Alexander Keirincx and Roelant Savery, Death
ofOrpheus,seventeenth century. Oil on oak
panel, 1.4 3 2.03 m. Private collection,
Northumberland. View before cleaning and
restoration, showing disjoins and fractures.


Figure 8
Keirincx-Savery, Death ofOrpheus.The reverse
before panel work.


Figure 9
Keirincx-Savery,Death ofOrpheus.This detail
before cleaning and restoration shows a
recent fracture in the bottom board.


Figure 10
Keirincx-Savery, Death of Orpheus.Detail of
the reverse before panel work, showing the
end of a batten that had been reglued to the
panel, a procedure that caused the fracture
shown in Figure 9.

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