Sakraliniai meno kūriniai iš Vilniaus Kalvarijų koplyčių: konservavimas ir restauravimas

ENThe Vilnius Calvary complex consisting of 35 stations established in Verkiai in the 17th century consisted of a church, 23 chapels, one brick gate and seven wooden gates. The images painted inside were renewed numerous times back in the 19th century. The chapels underwent renovation again in 1925-1927 and 1933-1934, when they were repainted and certain compositions were painted anew. In line with the Soviet goal of eliminating the Catholic tradition, in 1962-1963 a majority of the chapels were blown up. The paintings from these exploded chapels were for a long time considered to be lost or destroyed, some could have found their way to the Atheism Museum, some were given to the Lithuanian Art Museum (now known as the Lithuanian National Museum of Art) before being returned to the Church of the Discovery of the Holy Cross in 2014. The current state of the paintings is critical. On July 13-30, 2020, restorers from the easel painting workshop of the Pranas Gudynas Centre for Restoration Teresė Blažiūnienė, Daiva Petrauskaitė, Paula Mickutė and Algimantas Vaineikis worked at the parish of the Church of the Discovery of the Holy Cross; by following a preventive conservation program, the paintings were prepared for display at the exhibition Sacred Vilnius: Pilgrimage from the Gates of Dawn to Kalvarija Way of the Cross. [From the publication]