Abstract
The alabaster sculpture of the Commander of the Order of Santiago don Rodri
go de Campuzano (Church of San Nicolás el Real, Guadalajara, Spain), is a
of the most important manifestations of funerary art made by the Es
It was found in Toledo at the end of the 15th century. It also has an important content
symbolic. The sculpture is framed in a Neoclassical style monument,
made of plaster and limestone. The work presented a state of conservation
alarming treatment with numerous pathologies: superficial losses and damages in
the sculptural volume, defective reconstructions, humidity by capillaries
ity, saline efflorescence, masked with paint or cement, elevated
shallowness, etc. The intervention focused on the comprehensive treatment of
set: air chamber construction, desalting, consolidation and hydrofu
gado, reconstruction of sculptural volume, removal of repaints, lim
superficial piece and renovation of polychrome in architecture.