The Musical Lesson, after Jean Raoux, Fireplace Trumeau, XIXth century
Private Collection of the Castle of Saconay
Subjected to wide variations in temperature and humidity, as well as to the toxic emissions of a fuel oil stove, the painting required a total refixing of the pictorial material on its support, a heavy removal of the multiple grime and varnishes as well as abusive repainting, and the chromatic reintegration of the numerous paint losses.
Subjected to wide variations in temperature and humidity, as well as to the toxic emissions of a fuel oil stove, the painting required a total refixing of the pictorial material on its support, a heavy removal of the multiple grime and varnishes as well as abusive repainting, and the chromatic reintegration of the numerous paint losses.
A guitar, a music score, two musicians. The interplay of eyes and hands. The silence of this moment frozen in colored matter becomes melodious when the painting invites the viewer to listen to the musicality of the composed scene: lines, curves and colors intermingle, movements accompany the loving and musical dialogue of the scene, and a serenade both intimate and theatrical is offered to surreptitious glances.
A guitar, a music score, two musicians. The interplay of eyes and hands. The silence of this moment frozen in colored matter becomes melodious when the painting invites the viewer to listen to the musicality of the composed scene: lines, curves and colors intermingle, movements accompany the loving and musical dialogue of the scene, and a serenade both intimate and theatrical is offered to surreptitious glances.
The restored work reveals the clarity of a long-forgotten message. The gallant scene is once again ready to adorn the woodwork of the overmantel, a witness to the past and an emblem of two eras.
