ドラクロワ作「民衆を導く自由の女神」修復へ　仏ルーブル美術館

【パリＡＦＰ＝時事】フランスの首都パリにあるルーブル美術館で２０日、国内で最も有名な絵画の一つ、巨匠ウジェーヌ・ドラクロワが革命を描いた「民衆を導く自由の女神」が、修復のため壁から取り外された。修復が完了するのは、来春になる見通し。（写真はフランス・パリのルーブル美術館で、修復のため壁から外されるウジェーヌ・ドラクロワ作「民衆を導く自由の女神」）
　「民衆を導く自由の女神」は縦２．６メートル、横３．２５メートルで、１８３０年に制作された。
　絵画部門の責任者によると、長期にわたって作品のＸ線分析を行い、準備を進めていた。２０１９年から始まった、１９世紀の大型作品の修復プロジェクトの一環だという。
　ルーブル美術館は２０１５年以降、ドラクロワの「アルジェの女たち」や「キオス島の虐殺」のほか、レオナルド・ダビンチの「ミラノの貴婦人の肖像」など、約２００点の修復を実施している。
　世界最大の美術館である同館は、約６４００点の絵画を所蔵している。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/09/21-16:53）

One of France's most iconic paintings, Liberty Leading the People by Eugene Delacroix, was taken down from the walls of the Louvre on Wednesday for a restoration expected to last until next spring.
The famous topless woman brandishing the red, white and blue flag on a revolutionary barricade was painted by Delacroix in 1830.
The oil painting, which measures 3.25 (10 feet eight inches) by 2.60 metres (eight and a half feet), has pride of place in one of the large red rooms of the Louvre in Paris.
The restoration has been prepared long in advance using X-ray analysis of the canvas. It is part of a major restoration campaign launched in 2019 for large-format paintings from the 19th century, said Sebastien Allard, director of the painting department.
One priority is to remove the varnish that has oxidised on the surface, giving a yellow tint to the red, white and blue sections of the painting, he said.
Louvre president Laurence des Cars said: Its long-awaited restoration will restore all its beauty.
I can't wait to be able to appreciate the colours and the renewed radiance again, she added.
The painting commemorates the July Revolution of 1830 when King Charles X was overthrown and replaced by his cousin, Louis Philippe, marking a shift towards constitutional monarchy.
But the powerful image of the female figure leading a diverse group of revolutionaries has come to represent struggles for rights and freedoms far beyond its origins.
The Louvre has carried out some 200 restorations since 2015, including of Leonardo da Vinci's La Belle Ferronniere, Titian's Jupiter and Antiope and several by Delacroix such as Women of Algiers and The Massacre at Chios.
The Louvre, the largest museum in the world, contains around 6,400 paintings, including some 4,500 on permanent display.