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The Minister of Education, Culture and Universities, Pedro Antonio Sánchez, today presented the Brotherhood of Cartagena Califonia image Malco Salzillo after being subjected to a 'health check' on the Restoration Center of the Region of Murcia.
On this occasion, the sculpture has been cleaned, it has been made small losses polychrome and applied a protective varnish for better preservation.
During the last three months, the work has undergone a complete scientific study that has been found that had a good condition, although with smaller spot damage caused by your use every Easter procession.
In this sense, Pedro Antonio Sanchez said that "the work of these months has returned the lost splendor to this work of Francisco Salzillo, a" tune-up "ahead of their next procession on Holy Wednesday night Cartagena, watchword Brotherhood of California. "
Specifically, technicians Restoration Center have conducted the scientific study of the actual state of the work, which has been subjected to a light cleaning of surface dirt, the correction of small losses of polychrome distributed over the surface of the image as well as the color retouch of reintegrations anterior restorations made, apart from that end protective coating.
In the delivery of the work, the counselor noted that "more than 80 percent of the works entering the Restoration Center are religious and processional character. In addition, we are launching several initiatives to strengthen the optimal preservation of all this sculptural heritage that treasures the region, such as the presentation of a short training course cofrade image manipulation ".
Single piece that retains the set of 1762
Malco was a soldier of the High Priest who helped arrest of Jesus in the Garden of Olives which, according to the New Gospel, he cut off his ear San Pedro and fell, and was later healed by Jesus.
It dropped on the floor is as represented Francisco Salzillo Malchus for the old Paso del kiss, dating from 1762, the Pontifical, Royal and Illustrious Brotherhood of Our Father Jesus in the Painful Passage of Arrest and Hope for Salvation of Souls.
This processional group was composed of three pictures: San Pedro with his sword raised in action to deal the blow to Malco;
giving Jesus and Judas the traitor kiss.
However, Malco is the only image of the old group remains, the rest disappeared in the Civil War.
It was in 1946 when the other figures were replaced by three new sculptures by Mariano Benlliure, rebuilding the Processional way the kiss, belonging to the Association of the same name, the California Brotherhood again.
Source: CARM
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