Das Retabel von Schloss Tirol

The altar of Castle Tyrol - a reliquary retable with painted wing panels - was created around 1370/72, making it probably the oldest altarpiece in the Alpine region. In preparation for its restoration, from 2016 to 2021 it was examined in the Tyrolean Museum of Provincial History using art-technological means. Studies of the wooden construction were implemented with the help of X-rays and 3-D models. The painting technique and materials were examined using a stereo microscope, infrared reflectography, and sample analyses. In addition to analysis of the restoration history, the altarpieces origin and its installation in the former Castle Tyrol, a reconstruction of the details of depiction and the ornaments of the patrons brocade vestments was completed. The results of research on the impressive 14th century reliquary retable are now being presented in this publication. - A comprehensive art-technological analysis of the retable Informative detailed and microscopic photographs Exhibition: 2022 to 2023, Ferdinandeum Innsbruck; 2.7.2023 to 19.11.2023, Castle Tyrol

Laura Resenberg, studied Restoration, Art Technology and Conservation Science at the TU Munich. Since 2016, head of the conservation department of the Tyrolean Provincial Museums and initiator of the research project on the Altar Schloss Tirol. Cristina Thieme, studied at the University of the Arts in Bern. From 1997 to 2014 research assistant at the Technical University of Munich. 2007 PhD on: "The panel painting from Trogir Cathedral. Art technological studies on panel painting of 13th century Dalmatia". Research interests: Art technology.