15 July 2010 18:19
Another two museums find out the fate of their exhibits in the center im.Grabarya
St. Petersburg. July 15. INTERFAX.RU - In the center of them. Grabar, where on Thursday suffered a major fire on the restoration and safekeeping there were lots of exhibits from the Pskov and Novgorod conservation areas.
"The center was named after Grabar many of our exhibits from various funds of the museum - and the icons, painting, and arts and crafts. Now we determine their fate and hope that it is all right, because if they are lost, it would be very serious loss not only for the collection of our museum, but for the whole country ", - informed" Interfax "in the funds of the Novgorod Museum.
In turn, the Pskov museum-preserve "Interfax reported that the center Grabar is about 40 items from their collections. 'At the Restoration in Grabar are unique ancient Russian icons XV-XVII centuries, the Shroud of XVI century. Only one icon of the Nativity are estimated at 12 million euro ", - said the head of science and the stock of the museum Olga Vasilieva. She noted that the exhibits were on the restoration of tempera painting, which is located on the first floor of the center Grabar, so the museum hope that they will not hurt.
Representatives of both conservation areas stressed that all the exhibits sent to the restoration, were not insured.
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15 July 2010 20:58
The fire in the center of them. Grabar could destroy the pictures and icons for millions of rubles
Moscow. July 15. INTERFAX.RU - Damage from a fire caused by the works of art that were present in the restoration of the center im.Grabarya can be accurately set after a full inventory of the remaining assets, said on Thursday evening, the Interfax one of the officers of the center.
"While we knew for not know how many artifacts were rescued. The storage and restoration center located in a variety of works of art, including paintings and icons on 17-19 centuries" - the agency's interlocutor said on condition of anonymity.
According to her, a preliminary assessment of damage can be done in the next few days. "It could be hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of rubles," - noted the companion Interfax.
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