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In Fontainebleau, the slow revival of Primaticcio frescoes

2023-03-01T15:23:24.930Z


Armed with a cotton swab soaked in solvent or a laser, a restorer tries to save the painted decorations of the first door of the castle.


Scaffolding is installed.

On the platform, be careful not to bump into each other.

Climbing the ephemeral staircase, we have a thought for Michelangelo who worked permanently bent over while he painted his frescoes high up in the Sistine Chapel...

Here, in the vestibule of the Golden Gate, the first royal entrance to the Château de Fontainebleau - it was here that, on Christmas Day 1539, Charles V came to meet the master of the house, François I -, the site for the rescue of the painted decorations covering the basket-handle vault was designed so that Émilie Checroun's eye and hand can work from the best possible distance.

However, this restorer is small... With her, and also Marie-Christine Labourdette, president of the estate, and Patrick Ponsot, chief architect for Historic Monuments, we stick our noses to the ruined frescoes of Francesco Primaticcio (1504-1570) , says Primatice, one of Michelangelo's most brilliant heirs.

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Source: lefigaro

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