CONSERVATION SCIENCE IN ACTION
2011 JUNE: VERSAILLES VISIT, JARDINS DE PIERRES & PATRIMA PROJECT
JUNE 25, 2011
Album from a behind-the-scenes visit to Versailles with some colleagues from the SFIIC meeting Jardins de Pierres: Conservation of Stone in Parks, Gardens and Cemeteries (2011, Paris, PATRIMA Project).
“Apollo’s horses groomed by two Tritons” by Gilles Guérin, ca. 1670 (originals)
“Apollo attended by nymphs” by François Girardon and Thomas Regnaudin, ca. 1670
“Apollo’s horses groomed by two Tritons” by Gaspard Marsy and Balthazar Marsy, ca. 1670
Replicas of Apollo sculptures molded in marble powder and resin (Bosquet, Baths of Apollo)
Versailles sculpture storage area
Mobile sculpture cleaning system
Conservation in progress...
A new slate roof and restored gilding gives a Nouveau Baroque impression
Gates, Château de Versailles
Detail, gates
The interior courtyard of the Palace of Versailles
L'Hiver (Winter) by François Girardon
1675-1679
L’Europe by Pierre Mazaline
1675-1679
L’Europe text
America
Restored facade, interior courtyard Versailles
Colleague demonstrating the effects
of salts on sculptures
An American in Paris
Marble on left, replica molded in marble powder and resin on the left