El Barco®, as head of the conservation of the Casa de America, has done the work to install the two portraits of the Marquis, in the former office of the Marquis on main floor (room Bartolomé de las Casas). The paintings were made by the painter Francisco Pradilla y Ortiz.
Works, in collaboration with the Museo del Prado owner of the paintings, have consisted of the withdrawal of the earlier decoration and preparation of holes in the panelling of oak. We have used to clean the room varnishes.
Plates have also been made at the suggestion of the Museo del Prado.
The works have lasted a week, within the plan of preventive conservation, that the institution has contracted with El Barco® for 25 years.
