Opificio delle Pietre Dure - Finestre sull'Arte

Higher education for restoration: the Opificio 2025 Foundation is born

TheOpificio delle Pietre Dure launches a higher education initiative for the restoration and conservation of cultural heritage. With the Opificio Foundation 2025 program, the Florentine institute renews its commitment to the dissemination of knowledg...
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Florence, at the Museum of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure an exhibition on the restoration of the Satyr

From April 1 to May 31, 2025, the Museo dell'Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence will host an exhibition that allows the public to discover the restoration of one of the statues housed in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale in Florence. The sculpture...
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Florence, Torrigiani's bust of the Redeemer restored and returned to Santa Trinita

In Florence, theOpificio delle Pietre Dure recently completed the restoration of the bust of the Redeemer attributed to Pietro Torrigiani (Florence, 1472 - Seville, 1528), an important Florentine Renaissance sculptor. After a lengthy intervention tha...
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Florence, restored painting for precious gemstone panel with Vase of Flowers exhibited for the first time

From January 14 to March 29, 2025, the Museo dell'Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence presents the exhibition From Paper to Stone. The Model for Edoardo Marchionni's Vase of Flowers, dedicated to the long and patient intervention involving a paint...
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