restoration - Finestre sull'Arte

Mario and Pico Cellini, restoration pioneers and discoverers of masterpieces

Since the interesting magazine Finestre sull'Arte has rightly wanted to expose to the general public the events that have unfortunately caused the painting known as the Taking of Christ, which my old friend Mario Bigetti discovered and verisimilarly ...
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Florence, restoration of Masaccio's Trinity completed after three years

After three years of interventions, the restoration of Masaccio's Trinity, among the most important masterpieces of the early Renaissance, kept in the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, has been concluded. A restoration that represents not ...
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Tod's concludes restoration of Palazzo Marino: 7,500 square meters of surfaces recovered

The conservative restoration of Palazzo Marino, seat of the city administration since 1861 and a symbolic building of the city's architectural heritage, has been completed in Milan. The intervention, fully financed by the Tod's Group, was presented o...
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Horne Museum, restored portrait of Herbert Percy Horne, founder of the Florentine house-museum

The Horne Museum in Florence today presents to the public the restoration of the portrait of Herbert Percy Horne, founder of the house-museum on Via de' Benci. The work, created in 1908 by English painter Henry Harris Brown, was restored by Daniele R...
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Pompeii, training internships aimed at Botticino School of Restoration kick off

Following the agreement signed between the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Ales S.p.A. and Valore Italia, a program of curricular training internships aimed at students in the degree course in Restoration of Cultural Heritage at the Botticino School ...
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The Head of Medusa in Bagno a Ripoli will be restored. It was originally part of the Fountain of the Fata Morgana

TheOpificio delle Pietre Dure of Florence will take charge of the restoration of the Head of Medusa belonging to the municipality of Bagno a Ripoli. In fact, the renowned institute has accepted the request of the municipal administration to work on t...
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Venice, former Terese Convent restored: new sustainable hub of Iuav

The restoration and functional adaptation of theformer Santa Teresa Convent, known as the Terese complex, was inaugurated today in Venice in the presence of the rector of the Iuav University of Venice, Benno Albrecht, theregional councillor for educa...
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Lucca's Holy Face temple restored: remains of medieval chapel and polychrome painting discovered

Having concluded the restoration of the Holy Face of Lucca, the famous polychrome wooden crucifix dating back to the 9th century and kept for more than a thousand years in the Cathedral of San Martino, attention has shifted to the small temple that h...
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