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The Minister of Culture and Tourism, Pedro Alberto Cruz, presented today the restored image of Cristo de la Salud, which has been operated for four months by the company under the supervision Asoarte Technicians Restoration Center in the Region of Murcia and sponsorship of the Catholic University of San Antonio.
The event was attended Ucam president, José Luis Mendoza, and representatives of the Guild of Health, which worships the image and Lasaca in procesiónel Holy Tuesday from the Church of San Juan de Dios.
The Minister said that this is "a 'rara avis' in Murcia Easter" because it is a celebration "fundamentally Salzillo Baroque" and the size of the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century, few antiguade the parade, "has features góticosy Renaissance, that make something unusual and one of the great jewels of the regional heritage and imagery."
Additionally, Cruz said the mystery of authorship "adds some exceptional circumstances".
The Minister of Culture said that the restoration process involved the removal of overpainting to be hanaplicado to figure over the past half century, to restore its original colors, that on Holy Tuesday "give a definitive picture of his splendor ".
After a thorough scientific study, intervention works, which have been applied the latest test and diagnostic techniques have also consisted inthe treated pathologies, cracks selladode yreconstrucciónde layer preparation of the work, as presented numerous losses.
Finally, we proceeded to the differential chromatic reintegration, finishing work with a varnished finish protection.
El Cristo de la Salud is an image of a crucified Christ oversized carved polychrome wood.
The work, executed as carving altar, is of great antiquity, which the experts in Transit XV XVI century.
He was head of an ancient brotherhood that gave worship for centuries, and which became extinct in the nineteenth century.
But 1957nació a brotherhood of Holy Week which was considered as the successor of that and took it as another main image for procession.
Source: CARM
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