Preliminary study for the restoration of
« The Artist's Studio » by Gustave Courbet
Musée d'Orsay, Paris 2013-2014.

« The Artist's Studio; a Real Allegory of a Seven Year Phase in my Artistic (and Moral) Life »
(L'atelier du peintre, 1854-1855, oil on canvas)



Cecile Charpentier, study underway in august 2013

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Sponsor

Etablissement Public du Musée d'Orsay et du Musée de l'Orangerie

Team

Project manager: Cecile Charpentier
Subcontractors: Guillaume Bénard-Tertrais
and Vanessa Stea

Purpose of the Study

The mandate given by the Musée d'Orsay was to study the feasibility and to resolve the limitations of a public restoration of The Artist's Studio. A condition report was established and an intervention protocol was proposed which allowed the estimation a budget and evaluation of the duration of each intervention phase.

During this preliminary study, a scientific examination of the painting was conducted in collaboration with the C2RMF (Center for Research and Restoration of Museums of France). An analysis of the materials composition was carried out and a precise mapping of each alteration was also included in the study.

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