Pontormo, Deposition From the Cross, (1525–8) Capponi Chapel Church of Santa Felicita, Florence
AN INITIAL ACCOUNT OF THE RESTORATION COMPLETED COMPOSITION: The structure of the panel and the composition chosen by Pontormo for this painting imbue the scene with a strongly vertical feel, with the painting devised and conceived to be seen from the viewpoint of an observer gazing upwards. It is not clear whether Christ is being […]
Cappella Capponi Restoration Project in the Church of Santa Felicita in Florence – Pontormo
CAPPELLA CAPPONI RESTORATION PROJECT BY FRIENDS OF FLORENCE IN THE CHURCH OF SANTA FELICITA IN FLORENCE PONTORMO: DEPOSITION PAINTING ANNUNCIATION FRESCO AND ENTIRE CHAPEL WITH THE OTHER ARTWORKS RESTORER: DANIELE ROSSI As 2016 drew to a close, the return of Agnolo Bronzino’s St. Matthew tondo to its place in the squinch beneath the dome of […]
Fra Angelico’s Annunciation, Prado Museum
Friends of Florence and The American Friends of The Prado are pleased to jointly undertake the funding of the restoration of Fra Angelico’s masterpiece, The Annunciation, at The Prado’s renowned restoration laboratory in Madrid. Work began in 2018. The altarpiece was painted for the Monastery of Santo Domenico in Fiesole, in the hills above Florence. The Archangel Gabriel’s Annunciation to […]
Restoration of a Bronzino Painting
Agnolo Bronzino (1503‒72), Immaculate Conception (1570‒2) from the Church of Santa Maria Regina della Pace. Incorporating biblical figures from the Old and New Testament, Bronzino’s Immaculate Conception was among the artist’s last works. Left unfinished, it was completed by his workshop. Infrared examination revealed the preparatory drawing placed on the wood panels and outlines of the figures stippled and […]
Alessandro Allori’s San Fiacre painting from Santo Spirito
‘Medici Vase’ – Medici Collection of Antiquities, Uffizi Gallery
The huge Neo-Attic krater known as the Medici Vase has been restored and is again on display in the Uffizi. The restoration was made possible thanks to the generosity of the Friends of Florence Foundation. The restoration of the Medici Vase is a project that brought us enormous satisfaction because the work we financed made […]
Cloister of the Vows – Santissima Annunziata
MAJOR RESTORATION PROJECT AT THE BASILICA OF THE SANTISSIMA ANNUNZIATA, FLORENCE COMPLETED BY FRIENDS OF FLORENCE Renaissance frescoes and artwork by Florentine masters restored in the Cloister of the Vows Cloister of the Vows, Basilica of the Santissima Annunziata, Florence, Italy (after restoration) Washington, DC…Friends of Florence and its partners celebrate the completion of a […]
New Preservation Partnership With Save Venice
New Partnership Commemorates 50th Anniversary of Devasting 1966 Floods In 2016, Friends of Florence and Save Venice Inc. sponsored the conservation treatment of a group of 48 drawings by the Venetian artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1692–1770), held in the Horne Museum of Florence. Forty-four of the drawings are bound in an album and an additional four from the same album are mounted […]
Domenico Ghirlandaio’s ‘Last Supper’ Fresco – Badia a Passignano
Renaissance Art Rescued in Chianti Classico A 15th-century Last Supper painted by Renaissance master Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449-1494) returned to public view in Tuscany on December 17, 2015 for the first time in a decade due to the collaboration of Friends of Florence and an Italian winemaking family, and Italian cultural authorities and conservation experts. Restoration of the 540-year-old […]
Luca Della Robbia’s Madonna and Child
Friends of Florence is funded the restoration of Luca Della Robbia’s Madonna and Child from the Oratory of San Tommaso Aquino in Florence. The work was completed in time to be featured in the Della Robbia: Sculpting with Color in Renaissance Florence exhibition, which is currently at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston through December 4th. The exhibit […]