THE CLOTH OF SAN MATTEO HAS BEEN RETURNED TO LIGHT

The cloth of San Matteo has returned to the Cathedral after a substantial restoration that lasted 4 months.

The works on the cloth were supported by the Inner Wheel Salerno Carf association and by Vassallo Antiques and carried out by the restorer Daniela Mellone, director of the works of the Montecorvino Rovella company, a firm accredited by the Superintendency of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape of Salerno and Avellino.

The restoration work has brought back to light the painting on the back depicting Saint Anne, Saint Giacchino and the Virgin Child and has given a clearer reading to the figure of Saint Matthew on the front, being painted over in some areas. Both paintings were made with oil colors directly on canvas, without any preparation layer.

The consolidation operations, both structural and of the pictorial film, were carried out first with a temporary consolidation to re-establish the flatness of the canvas, and then definitive when all the fragments were found to fit together. After the consolidation, cleaning and removal of the repainting, the wax varnishing was carried out.

The restoration work brought the Panno back to its former splendor.