Conservation and Restoration of Two Candleholders from Kaunas Church of St. George the Martyr: Reconstruction Proposals

Authors

  • Ramunė Balandžiūnienė
  • Erika Vilkinytė
  • Raimonda Žukauskaitė

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37522/aaav.108.2023.152

Keywords:

candleholders, Baroque, Kaunas Church of St. George the Martyr, Debnik limestone, stone conservation and restoration

Abstract

The paper is concerned with the process of developing the concept for the conservation, restoration, and reconstruction of the missing parts of the seventeenth-century candleholders from the Church of St. George the Martyr in Kaunas. The paper will review the issues encountered in the effort to find and select materials for the conservation and restoration of stone fragments. It will also describe the tests carried out during the process and highlight the role of chemical and non-interventional analysis as an auxiliary tool in the process of conservation and restoration.

Author Biographies

Ramunė Balandžiūnienė

is a restorer of molding and natural and artificial stone sculpture with the highest qualification category of lecturer of sculpture restoration at the Department of Restoration of the Vilnius Academy of Arts. She works at the restoration company MB Virmalda as a manager of the conservation department and as a restorer. She manages conservation and restoration works on many immovable objects of cultural heritage; prepares programs for research, conservation, and restoration of art works; and carries out regular research on polychromy and wall paintings.

Erika Vilkinytė

graduated in 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in sculpture restoration. Since 2017, she has been working as an assistant restorer at MB Virmalda and has gained experience in conservation and restoration of exterior and interior molded decorations made of stucco and plaster, as well as in sgraffito technique. She was certified in 2020 as a restorer of molding and natural and artificial stone sculpture in the third qualification category. From 2020 to 2022, she studied for a master’s degree in sculpture restoration at the Vilnius Academy of Arts. Since 2022 she is working at the Lithuanian Museum of Art, Pranas Gudynas Conservation Centre as conservator of polychrome wooden sculpture.

Raimonda Žukauskaitė

graduated from the Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art program at Kaunas College of Arts in 2017. Since 2017, she has been certified as a restorer of artistic furniture of the third qualification category. Since 2018, she has been working as a restorer at the Lithuanian Museum of Folk Life. Since 2020 she has been studying sculpture restoration at the Vilnius Academy of Arts.

Wall painting in the church of Saint Leonard in Mala Ligonja (Slovenia), fragment. Photo by Eva Marija Fras, 2020

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Published

20/03/2023

How to Cite

Balandžiūnienė, R., Vilkinytė, E., & Žukauskaitė, R. (2023). Conservation and Restoration of Two Candleholders from Kaunas Church of St. George the Martyr: Reconstruction Proposals. Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis, (108), 126–144. https://doi.org/10.37522/aaav.108.2023.152

Issue

No. 108 (2023): Art and Architecture Conservation Training in Europe: Relevant Experiences and Mastering Conservation Methods

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Articles

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