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Present Conservation Many factors contributed to make the conservation of the wall painting cycle by Filippo Lippi not only an optimal opportunity for conservation, but also a rewarding collaboration experience among several institutions working in the field of cultural heritage. This collaboration created, in addition to the traditional conservation workshop, a research program aimed to characterize the original painting technique and to address specific conservation problems. The methodology of the conservation project, begun in 2001 and completed in 2006, was developed and regularly checked on the basis of rigorous research and monitoring of the wall paintings for more information >> |
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The research To determine the various components in the wall paintings, both the original and that added during subsequent conservation work, the scientific laboratories of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure (OPD), which coordinated the diagnostic investigations with the Superintendents of Historic, Artistic and Ethno anthropological Patrimony and of Architecture and Landscape for the Provinces of Florence, Pistoia and Prato, carried out chemical testing (sampling and cross sections), and physical and optical measurements (infrared reflectography, UV fluorescence). One particular type of UV fluorescence (FLIM) was tested by the Center for National Research (CNR) Centro Gino Bozza and the Physics Department at the Polytechnic University of Milan, with coordination by the OPD for more information >> |
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