Cuadro de ánimas, iglesia de Santiago Apóstol en Tuxpan, Michoacán. Crónica de su restauración

Abstract

The following Memoir shows the reader the effort involved in carrying out , in 1979, the restoration of the canvas Cuadro de ánimas, of the master painter, Cristóbal de Villalpando, by experts from the Departamento de Restauración del Patrimonio Cultural “Paul Coremans”, of the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH), today Coordinación Nacional de Conservación del Patrimonio Cultural (CNCPC) of the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH), towards students of the Escuela Nacional de Conservación, Restauración y Museografía, “Manuel del castillo Negrete” (ENCRyM). In this case is of importance of the photographic record and the documentation that was made at the end of the 1970’s and that can be found in the historic archive and photographic library of the CNCPC.