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FRESCO PAINTING.
thought, would have preserved his pictures from damp ; but it was
so strong, that, in many places, where it was laid on too thick, it
scaled off; and so, while he thought to have found a rare and excel-
lent secret, he was deceived in his expectations.”—Vasari, Life of
Alesso Baldovinetti.
Mr. Wilson, in his report to the commissioners on the fine arts
states, that “ In the palace at Modena, there is a large hall, the
ceiling of which is painted by Franceschini. The wood work in the
lower part of the hall was entirely burnt some time ago, and the
fresco ceiling was completely blackened by smoke, but was afterwards
cleaned with perfect success.”—II Rep. p. 34.
OF THE REPAIRS OF THE GALLERY OF CARRACCI IN THE PALAZZO
FARNESE, AND OF THE LOGGIA OF RAFFAELLO AT THE LUNGARA.
—From “ Descrizioni della Immagini Dipinti da Raffaello D’ Urbino,
Di Gio. Pietro Bellori.” Ed. Roma, 1751.
“ The gallery had two notorious defects. The first was a great
crack from top to bottom of the vaulted roof, which, cutting it in two
transversely, had extended down both walls to the pavement, and
had produced a great many smaller cracks, so that almost all the
priming of the roof had bulged, and particularly that on the wall
facing the south, on which the Andromeda was painted, which had
already begun to fall off in pieces, and indeed some small pieces had
actually fallen from the roof itself.
“ The second defect was an efflorescence of nitre, at that part on
which the Cephalus and Aurora was painted, which also spread to
the medallions, and naked figures contiguous.
“ The cause of the first defect was attributed to the weight above,
which pushed the wall outward, towards the street; and therefore
four chains were fastened down below, upon the pavement, and four
FRESCO PAINTING.
thought, would have preserved his pictures from damp ; but it was
so strong, that, in many places, where it was laid on too thick, it
scaled off; and so, while he thought to have found a rare and excel-
lent secret, he was deceived in his expectations.”—Vasari, Life of
Alesso Baldovinetti.
Mr. Wilson, in his report to the commissioners on the fine arts
states, that “ In the palace at Modena, there is a large hall, the
ceiling of which is painted by Franceschini. The wood work in the
lower part of the hall was entirely burnt some time ago, and the
fresco ceiling was completely blackened by smoke, but was afterwards
cleaned with perfect success.”—II Rep. p. 34.
OF THE REPAIRS OF THE GALLERY OF CARRACCI IN THE PALAZZO
FARNESE, AND OF THE LOGGIA OF RAFFAELLO AT THE LUNGARA.
—From “ Descrizioni della Immagini Dipinti da Raffaello D’ Urbino,
Di Gio. Pietro Bellori.” Ed. Roma, 1751.
“ The gallery had two notorious defects. The first was a great
crack from top to bottom of the vaulted roof, which, cutting it in two
transversely, had extended down both walls to the pavement, and
had produced a great many smaller cracks, so that almost all the
priming of the roof had bulged, and particularly that on the wall
facing the south, on which the Andromeda was painted, which had
already begun to fall off in pieces, and indeed some small pieces had
actually fallen from the roof itself.
“ The second defect was an efflorescence of nitre, at that part on
which the Cephalus and Aurora was painted, which also spread to
the medallions, and naked figures contiguous.
“ The cause of the first defect was attributed to the weight above,
which pushed the wall outward, towards the street; and therefore
four chains were fastened down below, upon the pavement, and four