Orsanmichele Restoration and analysis of Donatello’s San Marco Statue
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San Marco Museum Pala Bosco dei Frati
Bosco ai Frati Altarpiece by Fra Angelico and the refurbishment of the Pilgrims’ Hospice in the Museo di San Marco, Florence.. Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the museum’s founding, the project includes the restoration of the majestic Bosco ai Frati Altarpiece by Fra Angelico (1395-1456) which had been transported to the conservation laboratory in May […]
Oratory of St. Sebastian, Basilica of Santissima Annunziata
THE ORATORY OF ST. SEBASTIAN is the ancient heart of the famed Basilica of Santissima Annunziata (the Holy Annunciation). Originally, it was a simple farmhouse surrounded by woods, two hundred yards outside the northern city walls. After a four-month siege in 1081 and daily barrages of arrows, the walls did not fall and, in memory of that […]
River God Room Accademia Arte del Disegno
Chapel of San Luca (Chapel of the Artists) Basilica SS Annunziata and Accademia delle Arti di Disegno
San Marco Museum Sala d’Ospizio
Bigallo Storie di Tobia & Tobiolo
Currently on hold due to COVID-19
Maintenance Program for the Cloister of the Vows Basilica of the SS Annunziata
Giovanni Pisano’s Pulpit – Sant’Andrea Church of Pistoia
The Giovanni Pisano Pulpit in the Church of Sant’Andrea in Pistoia is in dire need of restoration due chiefly to instability and the erosion of metal support structures within the pulpit. This important monument is one of the central artworks that led to Renaissance sculpture.
Preservation of Michelangelo’s David and Prisoners – Galleria dell’Accademia
Friends of Florence contributes to the maintenance of the David following its restoration in 2004 with regular monitoring and marble stability checks. David, the quintessence of Renaissance art (CBS News, May 19, 2019)