SAINT FRANCIS

1. Front and back side of the painting, before restoration. The canvas has been applied onto a wood pane.
2. The painting during the cleaning.
3. Preparation for the relining: facing of the canvas and thinning of the wooden support.
4. The canvas in raking light after the removal of the wood panel. The canvas rolled up, ready for  transport into the laboratory where it will be relined.
5. The canvas after the relining and filling. Total view after the restoration.
6. The canvas after the relining and filling. Detail, after the restoration, the figure of Saint Francis.
7. The canves before and after the restoration, total view.