The restoration workshop of the Girona Art Museum receives a visit from the Friends of the md’A
The restoration workshop of the Girona Art Museum receives a visit from the Friends of the md’A The Girona Art Museum is carrying out conservation-restoration work on the donated pieces and fragments of the old main altarpiece of Sant Feliu de Girona, a task that has become a unique opportunity to bring the process of […]
3D collection
The Giravolt program. Experience Cultural Heritage in 3D Giravolt is a program promoted by the Department of Culture, a pioneer in Catalonia, which aims to promote knowledge and use of the latest 3D scanning technologies for objects and buildings among entities that manage Catalan heritage, and offer citizens a new way of looking at and […]
The altarpiece of Sant Feliu: from the Gothic to the present day
The main altarpiece of the church of Sant Feliu de Girona was a work of great size and complexity executed over sixteen years, from 1504 to 1520. Today it is one of the best preserved examples of the transition from the Gothic style to the new Renaissance models in Catalonia. Different craftsmen worked on its […]
Restoration of two oil paintings by Jaume Pons Martí
Between 1873 and 1905, the painter Jaume Pons Martí produced two small oil paintings, which underwent a complete restoration. The project was carried out to stop the degradation of the works, which had become more pronounced in recent times. The interventions carried out focused on stabilizing the support, cleaning the surface and protecting the pictorial […]
Restoration of the Altarpiece of Sant Pere de Púbol by Bernat Martorell
The restoration of the altarpiece of Sant Pere de Púbol was carried out in 2002 on the occasion of the exhibition “Bernat Martorell and the Autumn of Catalan Gothic”, in commemoration of the 550th anniversary of the death of the famous Catalan painter. The altarpiece is a work of the 15th century, made around 1437, […]
The great day of Girona by Martí Alsina: an unprecedented conservation intervention in our country
The initiative to exhibit one of Ramon Martí Alsina’s emblematic works was an initiative of the MNAC, which had it on deposit in its warehouses, in a collaborative project with the Girona City Council, the Generalitat de Catalunya and Caixa de Girona, which took care of the restoration costs. The reasons were several: firstly, to […]