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Exhibits
Restoration of tanka
icons from the collection of Tibetan painting of the Oriental Department
In 2003 the staff in the Laboratory for Scientific Restoration of Oriental
Painting (Ye.G. Shishkova, director) carried out multifaceted restoration
work to preserve tanka icons belonging to the collection of Tibetan
painting in the Oriental Department, which has more than 1000 icons.
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Restoration work
performed by the Museum of Porcelain
In December 2003 the Museum of Porcelain was opened in a festive ceremony.
It was created on the basis of the factory collection of the Lomonosov
Porcelain Factory, formerly the Imperial Porcelain Factory. Ľany of
the exhibits in the museum were not previously on display and had not
been restored. Therefore the restorers were confronted with the task
of preparing the works for public showing. The restoration work was
carried out at the factory by specialists from the Laboratory for Scientific
Restoration of Works of Applied Art (A.I. Bantikov, director).
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Restoration of Chinese
popular prints - nianhua
For the exhibition of "Chinese Nianhua Popular Prints"
in 2003 the Laboratory for Scientific Restoration of Graphic Works (V.A.
Kozyreva, director) prepared 205 pieces. Chinese popular prints were
either made on fine Chinese paper in the technique of xylography then
tinted by hand with aniline dyes, gouache and whitewash or printed in
colour.
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Restoration of Western
European pastels dating from the 16th-20th centuries
The opening of the exhibition Pastels by Western European Artists
of the 16th- 20th Centuries in the Hermitage Collection in 2003
was preceded by a great deal of work by art restorers in the Laboratory
for Scientific Restoration of Graphic Works (V.A. Kozyreva, director).
The pastels were made on various foundation materials including paper,
parchment, canvas and paper mounted on canvas. Each required an individual
approach and unique method or restoration.
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Restoration of the
Monk Nitiren sculpture. Japan, 17th century
In 2003 the Laboratory for Scientific Restoration of Works of Applied
Art Made of Organic Materials (T.A. Baranova, director) performed restoration
work on a sculpture of the monk Nitiren (Japan, 17th century). As a
result of this work, the original decoration of the piece was uncovered
revealing remarkable elegance of line and brilliant color.
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Restoration of the
costume on the wax figure of Peter the Great
The wax figure of Peter the Great is a unique artifact of the Petrine
era. It was created by the well-known sculptor Bartolomeo Carlo Rastrelli
after the Tsar's death in 1725. The sculpture was made out of wood and
wax and then dressed in clothing made to order for Peter in 1724. In
1996 the condition of the costume required that a whole complex of restoration
work be carried out and this was done in the State Hermitage's Laboratory
for Scientific Restoration of Textiles (M.V. Denisova, director) by
2003.
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Restoration of prints
for the "Parmigianino across the Centuries and the Arts"
exhibition
In 2003 the staff of the Laboratory for the Scientific Restoration of
Graphic Works (headed by V.A. Kozyreva) carried out a large amount of
work to prepare the exhibition to mark the 500th anniversary of the
birth of
Francesco Parmigianino.
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Restoration and
reconstruction of the Arzhan-2 complex of artefacts
Investigation of the Arzhan-2 mound was the result of implementation
of a joint Russo-German research project. The excavations were carried
out by the Central Asian Archaeological Expedition under the leadership
of K.V. Chugunov. The unique finds of archeologists were turned over
to the Laboratory for Scientific Restoration of Works of Applied Art
(A.I. Bantikov, director). In 2003 the reconstruction of an archeological
monument of such scale was carried out in the museum for the first time.
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Restoration of the
Arakcheyev Clock
One of the most interesting jobs carried out by the Laboratory for the
Scientific Restoration of Clocks and Musical Mechanisms (M.P. Guryev,
director) was the restoration of the timepiece known as the Arakcheyev
Clock in 2003.
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Restoration of the
paintings from the War Gallery of 1812
In the years 2001-03 in connection with the reconstruction of the War
Gallery of 1812, the Laboratory for Scientific Restoration of Easel Painting
(headed by R.T. Grunina) carried out a unique project. The aim was to
restore the 329 portraits created for the gallery by George Dawe, Franz
Kruger, Johann Peter Krafft and two artists from Dawe's studio - Alexander
Poliakov and Vasily (Wilhelm) Golicke.
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