RES provides expertise and studies of artworks in various contexts of collection management, inventories, loans, conservation monitoring, setting-up and dismantling exhibition… This specialty includes the elaboration of specific reference documents requiring a reflection on the objectives of each situation. Our research center is also at the service of institutions and private individuals who wish to clarify the origin and age of their paintings, authenticate them or estimate them.
The objective of the commissioning of studies on artworks are multiple and fall withing different frameworks that are:
- An in-depth knowledge of the execution technique and the constituent materials
- An exhaustive report on the condition of the artwork
- A better understanding of the alterations
RES proposes the scientific aspect of the restorer’s work. Indeed, a diagnosis contains precious information for the different specialties of the art world, historians, curators, scientists, and restorers. It also allows to adapt the restoration protocol in a precise way.