Madrid, Titian crucifix severely damaged last year at Escorial returns to view

Restoration of Titian Vecellio ’s Christ Crucified (Pieve di Cadore, 1488/1490 - Venice, 1576), which had suffered severe damage last October when it fell from the wall on which it hung at the Escorial Monastery, has been completed in Madrid. The painting had suffered a major horizontal gash (ninety-seven centimeters) in the lower portion, and it took eight months to put it back together. Restorers from Patrimonio Nacional (the agency that manages Spain’s state museums) acted by microsurgery, stitching up canvas and warp where the break had occurred. Once the support was in place, small additions were made where the “wound” had caused gaps.

Not only that: so that similar incidents would not be repeated, checks were conducted on the anchoring systems to the wall of all the works in the Escorial sacristy, proceeding with appropriate replacements where necessary so as to ensure maximum safety for the works.

To celebrate the “homecoming” of the painting, one of the Escorial’s most important and well-known, the sacristy that houses it will be exceptionally open Tuesday through Thursday throughout the month of June, with hours 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Madrid, Titian crucifix severely damaged last year at Escorial returns to view

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