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OVERPAINT [2 records]

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Record 1 2017-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Painting (Arts)
  • Restoration of Works of Art (Museums and Heritage)
DEF

Paint that was not applied by an artist and that covers original paint.

OBS

Overpaint was often used to change a painting's image or to hide damage and usually covered more original paint than was necessary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peinture (Arts)
  • Restauration d'œuvres d'art (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
DEF

Peinture appliquée par quelqu'un d'autre que l'artiste et qui recouvre des parties de l'œuvre originale.

OBS

Le repeint a souvent servi à modifier une image ou à masquer une zone endommagée, et il couvrait généralement une plus grande partie de la peinture originale que ce qui était nécessaire.

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Restoration of Works of Art (Museums and Heritage)
CONT

... partial cleaning was sometimes attempted if complete cleaning was judged unsafe for the painting's structure... when removal of the varnish might have revealed old overpaint or paint losses...(restorers) tried to leave a vestige of old varnish...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Restauration d'œuvres d'art (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
DEF

[...] amincissement ou [...] enlèvement partiel des vernis [...]

CONT

L'allégement supprime les couches superficielles de vernis et laisse subsister la couche originale du vernis [...] ou toute couche de protection proche de la peinture. [...] Les techniques de l'allégement du vernis sont [...] Le procédé ancien à sec, dit le déroulage [...] Le procédé dit humide au solvant [...]

OBS

allègement : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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