From the lab to the scaffold: laser cleaning of polychromed architectonic elements and sculptures

Abstract

This work presents the results of laboratory tests aiming at the characterization of painting materials by LIB and FT-Raman spectroscopies and at identification of the best laser cleaning conditions of polychromes of Spanish Heritage: polychromes on gypsum mortar of the Church-Fortress of Santa Tecla of Cervera de la Cañada, Zaragoza, fifteenth century, and appliqué relief brocades on wooden sculptures of the Chapel of San Miguel, Cathedral of Jaca, Huesca, sixteenth century.