The Zahorie Gallery of Jan Mudroch in Senica as a specialised cultural facility – a regional gallery, provides a comprehensive gallery documentation in the localities of Zahorie and Myjava in the Trnava self-governing region. It primarily focuses on exhibitions, scientific research and acquisitions. In addition to its regional mission, the gallery focuses on overlaps with Czech, mostly Moravian, visual art. The gallery holds a collection of works of art from the fields of painting, sculpture, graphic art, drawing, applied art and photography.

The following works from the depository of the Zahorie Gallery of Jan Mudroch were restored in 2021:

• painting – Portrait of General Count Jozef Quadányi, 1783 – 1801, unknown artist
• drawings – six figure drawings by Jan Mudroch from the 1950s

Restoration research of the Portrait of General Count Jozef Qudányi included non-destructive research methods such as a) observation in daylight b) observation in side light and c) physical methods – IR infrared reflectography, UV ultraviolet fluorescence.

Other restoration procedures were disinfection, consolidation of the surface of the paint layer, lining – gluing with a new canvas, sealing, fixing, retouching – cleaning of the picture frame, repair, adjustment of the original frame and others.

The restoration of Jan Mudroch’s series of drawings was done with the following technologies:

Photographic documentation of the condition before and after restoration, non-destructive survey methods a) observation in daylight b) observation in side light, further consolidation, disinfection, dry and wet cleaning, lining, fixing, retouching, frames with glass, double mount.

The entire process of restoration of all works is documented in detail. The restoration was carried out by a certified restorer Mgr. art. Štefan Kocka. Thanks to a comprehensive restoration, authentic, original and specific features of the works of art have been preserved.