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CRAQUELURE AGE [1 record]

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Record 1 2022-04-22

English

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

Only when microscopic examination clearly shows that age cracks are overpainted, one can be sure that one deals with a layer applied several decades after the original one had already been subjected to a physical aging process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Beaux-arts (Généralités)
  • Restauration d'œuvres d'art (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
CONT

[...] les craquelures qui se forment alors que le film de peinture est sec sont nommées craquelures d'âge. Elles apparaissent du fait de facteurs mécaniques externes.

Spanish

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