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DZIEJE I KONSERWACJA OŁTARZA NIEPOKALANEGO POCZĘCIA MATKI BOSKIEJ Z KATEDRY ŚWIĘTYCH JANÓW W TORUNIU

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Szmit–Naud E.

Ochrona Zabytków

1999

issue 2

105-121

The conservation of the altar of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady in the cathedral of St. John the Baptist and St. John the Apostle in Toruń was conducted in 1993– 1996. Up to the time of the last conservation, the prime source of knowledge about the altar in question was only external observation of its current state and available archival data. Research conducted in the course of conservation made possible a more precise dating of the altar and the recreation of its fate together with the alterations of arrangement and colour, to which it gradually succumbed. One of the most intriguing discoveries, which at the same time poses a certain problem from the viewpoint of the cohesion of the conservation programme, was the finding that originally the main altar depiction was not the painting of the Immaculate Madonna, as is the case today, but most probably a Gothic sculpture of the Beautiful Madonna of Toruń, initially shown against a silver-plated glazed backdrop of a niche, and subsequently against the background of an interesting painted decoration, both extant. The work performed in 1993–1996 entailed complete conservation of the altar, which restored the original colour version of the architecture and the gilding of the carving (the latter was to a considerable extent reconstructed). At the same time, the existing outfitting of the niche, installed into the altar during the second half of the eighteenth century and the nineteenth century—the painting of the Immaculate Madonna in an oval frame and ornamental carved decorations filling the available space — was left untouched.

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1 Ochrona Zabytków

1 Szmit–Naud E.

1 1999

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DZIEJE I KONSERWACJA OŁTARZA NIEPOKALANEGO POCZĘCIA MATKI BOSKIEJ Z KATEDRY ŚWIĘTYCH JANÓW W TORUNIU