Konserwacja zniszczonego przez pożar krucyfiksu z Niedźwiedzia

• Authors: Kieferling Roman

Title variants

EN

THE CONSERVATION OF CRUCIFIX DAMAGED BY FIRE IN NIEDŹWIEDŹ

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

EN

In 1982 a late gothic wooden crucifix situated on a tie beam damaged by a fire in the church in Niedźwiedź near Miechow. The polychromy of the sculpture was totally ruined, and the wood was partially charred. During the conservation of the object, conducted in the years 1985-1986, it was subjected to structural impregnation, whose purpose was to improve the resilience of the damaged wood to mechanicak factors. The impregnation agent was a solution of Osolan К in xylene. Elements of the cross and the sculpture were impregnated by using a method of total immersion in the solution, while the most damaged parts were impregnated in vaccuum chamber. This operation was repeated thrice, using solutions of increasingly greater strength ( 1 0 , 15 and 20 per cent). The gaping layers of the charred wood were glued together, and the cracks and empty spaces which were produced by reological changes, were filled with suitably coloured sawdust putty. The adhesive and binder of the puty was Osolan KL. The range of the replenishment was limited to a minimum constructive binding of the extant parts. After the completion of the conservation work, the sculpture of the Crucified Christ was restored to its formed place. Regrettably, changes in the form and colour of the object caused by the fire and irreversible, and attempts at a full reconstruction in a situation of greatly advanced destruction are unjustified. The fire, however, had not oblliterated the artistic value of the sculpture, and the visible marks of damage intensify its dramatic message. At present, Chair of Technology and Techniques of Conservation of Artworks has embarked upon research concerning the examination of phenomens accompanying the damage of wooden historical relics under the impact of high temperature, and the optimalization of the means and methods used for the conservation of such objects. (translated by A. Rodzińska-Chojnowska)

Keywords

PL

konserwacja drewna; drewno polichromowane; kościół w Niedźwiedziu; utwardzanie drewna zabytkowego

• Publisher: Narodowy Instytut Dziedzictwa
• Journal: Ochrona Zabytków
• Year: 1992
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 232-236

Dates

published

1992

Contributors

author

Kieferling Roman

References

• Katalog Zabytkow Sztuki w Polsce, t. I. Wojewodztwo krakowskie, z. 8. Pow. miechowski. Warszawa, 1953, s. 239.

Identifiers

ISSN

0029-8247