Madonna della Pura, 14th Century Fresco Painting depicting Virgin Mary and the Christ Child with St. Catherine of Alessandria and the Della Luna Family Patron
Date Restoration Completed: 2024 – 2026
Armadio degli Argenti (Cabinet for the Silver Votives at Santissima Annunziata), C. 1450.
The panels for the Armadio degli Argenti (Cabinet for the Silver Votives), commissioned by Piero di Medici for the Basilica della Santissima Annunziata, depict 35 scenes from the life of Christ. The cabinet was used to safeguard silver objects gifted to the church by its congregants.
San Domenico Altarpiece (Fiesole Altarpiece) / Madonna and Child with Saints by Fra Angelico and Lorenzo Credi
The San Domenico Altarpiece (1420-1423; 1501) in the Convent of San Domenico, where Fra Angelico lived as a young friar and returned to often, was also restored over a two-year period. Main panel with Madonna and Child enthroned with eight angels and Saints Thomas Aquinas, Barnabas, Dominic, and Peter Martyr. Restoration completed in 2026. View a video […]
Fra Angelico’s Crucifixion with San Domenico (1442 circa) in the Cloister of Sant’Antonino
We have located a very important conservation project for Prof. Emilio Bizzi in the San Marco Museum of Florence for Fra Angelico’s Crucifixion with San Domenico (1442 circa) in the Cloister of Sant’Antonino. The fresco is immediately visible as one enters the cloister and was commissioned by Cosimo de’ Medici. The large fresco depicts Christ on the Cross in […]
Fra’ Angelico’s Santa Trinita Deposition Altarpiece
2023-2025 Commissioned by Palla Strozzi in 1429 in memory of his father Onofrio for the sacristy of the church of Santa Trinita, which had been converted into the family chapel, the Deposition is one of the first milestones in Fra’ Angelico’s mature output. Giorgio Vasari (1511–1574) mentions it in his Lives of the Artists informing […]
Egnazio Danti’s Terrestrial Globe and Entire Geographical Map Room – Palazzo Vecchio
Palazzo Vecchio’s Famed Map Room and Terrestrial Globe Restored Thanks to Funding from Friends of Florence Following a complex three-year process involving teams of experts, Museo di Palazzo Vecchio’s Wardrobe, commonly known as the Map Room—the most visited gallery in the museum—has been fully restored thanks to funding provided by Friends of Florence. The project […]
Edgar Degas La Famiglia Bellelli, Musée D’Orsay, Paris
2022-2023 Edgar Degas La Famiglia Bellelli, Musée D’Orsay, Paris
39 Botanical Wax Models for the Specola Museum of Plants and Mushrooms
2023-2024 39 Botanical Wax Models for the Specola Museum of Plants and Mushrooms
Frescoes in the Galli Chapel by Stradano, Church of the SS Annunziata
2023-2024 Frescoes in the Galli Chapel by Stradano, Church of the SS Annunziata
Michelangelo Drawing Room, Sala dei Disegni, Casa Buonarroti
2023-2024 Michelangelo Drawing Room, Sala dei Disegni, Casa Buonarroti