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Saint Eulàlia’s flag

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Saint Eulàlia’s flag is one of Barcelona’s most important symbols. Due to its state of conservation, in 2012, the MUHBA’s Department of Preventive Conservation and Restoration assembled a team of specialists in the conservation of fabrics, wood and easel painting who, together with chemists, art historians and museographers, stabilised the piece and restored its aesthetic properties.

Restoration of the flag
Management and coordination: Lídia Font, Anna Lázaro and Carla Puerto, of the Preventive Conservation and Restoration Service of the Museum of the History of Barcelona
Restorers: Esther Martínez, Luz Morata, Carmen Masdeu, Voravit Roonthiva, Ruth Bagán and Empar Lloret
Laboratory analyses: Eduard Correal (IncaFust)
Technical assessment for the auxiliary aluminium structure: Oriol Ribas, Metrikal
Auxiliary aluminium structure: Metrikal
Framing: Acutangle

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Seda de color vermell decorada a l’oli i amb pa de plata per totes dues cares. Molt deteriorada per l’ús. Es va adherir a una fusta i es va envernissar completament. Entre 1581 i 1623. Mides: 149 x 81,7 cm. (MHCB246)

El moviment de la fusta provoca tensions, arrugues i ondulacions, i la capa pictòrica presenta fissures.
 
 
 

A la radiografia detectem un penediment de l’artista, ja que al revers es veu el rostre de la santa amb una inclinació diferent de com el pinta finalment a totes dues bandes.

No es pot desencolar la bandera del suport de fusta. La seda no té prou consistència i la pintura és massa feble.
 

Els vernissos posteriors hi afegeixen noves tensions i s’han enfosquit, per tant és necessari eliminar-los.
 
 

Neteja amb aigua i agar-agar, substància que forma un gel que millora la capacitat humectant i disminueix la penetració de l’aigua en el teixit. (©Esther Martínez_MUHBA).

Eliminació dels estucs i del vernís no original amb un solvent-gel: ligroïna + etanol (80:20) gelificada amb carbopol + ethomeen per la seva polaritat reduïda.

Correcció de les deformacions.
 
 

Abans de la neteja.(©Ramon Muro-MUHBA).

Després de la neteja. (©Pep Parer-MUHBA).

Reconstrucció hipotètica de la bandera basada en les dades de l’estudi.

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