Longiano’s Cross: notes and considerations for the history of conservation

Abstract

The restoration of the antique worshiped Longiano’s Crucifix was the opportunity to examine in detail a board and a painting that has undergone in time numerous maintenance interventions. Describing the executive technique, it was possible to highlight a work methodology which definitely respected the secular traditions as we can see it in the very quality and universality of workshop techniques that did not change in time, at least in some specific geographic areas. The restoration has also allowed to delete severe judgments often expressed, emphasizing a masterpiece of high interest realized around the sixth or seventh decade of the thirteenth century.