The St. Trinite Episcopal Cathedral collapsed after the earthquake on January 2010. The Smithsonian Institute contracted Viviana Dominguez, Mural Paintings Conservator and Rosa Lowinger Architecture Conservator to remove the three surviving murals.
Three murals survived
"The Last Supper" after the January 12 2010 earquakeProtecting the surface of Native Procession with gauze
Removing one fragment (Viviana and Andris)
Fragment in stackable wood box
In May 19th we celebrated the removal of the "Last Supper " fragments from the walls of St. Trinite Episcopal Cathedral. The process took conservators Viviana Dominguez and Rosa Lowinger with the "Hatian Dream Team" almost 6 months of work.
"Last Supper" North wall . Faced and cut before removal
Fragment from "Native Procession" after removal of facing
Chiseling "Batism of Christ"
Cutting "Last Supper" East wall
Junior with the grinder cutting "Baptsim of Christ"
Frankie removing a fragment from the "Last Supper" North wall