Restorer / conservator

Vallosio

fl. 1880–1883

Conservator, active 1880–1883. Worked with Charles Balliard and Charles Henkel.

Life and work

c. 1880
Per Charles Henkel's testimony as reported in The Art Amateur, hired by Cesnola with Balliard as a 'newly employed restorer' at the Central Park museum; removed the dirt, plaster and earlier restoration materials from broken Cypriot statuary after its soaking in a tank, and then, with Balliard, re-restored the pieces (hammer, chisel, wire brush, wash). The report singles out Balliard for the new Hercules leg and other carving; Vallosio is not individually credited with any named piece.
New YorkThe Feuardent-Cesnola Trial 1883, pp. 23-24
by 1883
A photograph of the repairing-room showing Henkel, Balliard and Vallosio at work was exhibited and identified by Henkel as a correct picture, 'much to the surprise of Di Cesnola and his attorneys'.
New YorkThe Feuardent-Cesnola Trial 1883, p. 24
October 1883 – January 1884
Other witnesses name Balliard but not Vallosio: Alley saw Balliard 'several months at work' at the Park museum; Cox saw Balliard in the repair room; Savage speaks of Balliard removing a finger. Vallosio appears only in Henkel's testimony and the photograph.
New YorkThe Feuardent-Cesnola Trial 1883, p. 24 The Feuardent-Cesnola Trial 1884, pp. 55-56

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