The storms and flooding in November 2019 damaged the exterior of the church. In particular the windows in the south of the church were further weakened by the strong winds and began leaking rain.
To repair the two south windows framing the organ, St George’s Church Read More »
After a £55,000 Appeal the conservation of the Nativity Triptych in the Accademia Galleries began in late 2019 and continues through 2021.
Nativity Triptych by Bellini Workshop, Accademia Galleries Read More »
A Kyriale without hard covers and badly compacted parchment folios underwent a novel treatment, while the binding, pigments and ink burns of a Graduale were consolidated in 2018-2019.
Manuscripts from the church of Sant’Angelo Raffaele Read More »
Specialist conservation was needed for for eighteen pieces of the Renaissance Maiolica collection in the Museo Corner – display objects which would have been arranged on buffets in private palaces
Renaissance Maiolica at the Museo Correr Read More »
The First World War Memorial doors of Venice’s Anglican Church were cast from British cannon in the Arsenale foundry in the 1920s.
First World War Memorial Doors, St George’s church Read More »
Cortese Antiphonal – a project to conserve the illuminated miniatures in a book of mass settings: ‘Antiphonary from Advent to Easter Saturday’, now in the Archivio Patriarcale di Venezia
Cortese Antiphonal, a manuscript with illuminations by Cristoforo Cortese, 1450 Read More »
Conservation of Venetian furniture from the post-Napoleonic era, known as the ‘Cattedra Cicognara’, designed by Giuseppe Borsato in 1771, conservation 2015.
Furniture conservation, Cattedra Cicognara, Accademia Read More »
In support of the major state-funded reorganisation of the Accademia Galleries, a project to fund the opening up of the Palladio Wing 7 ground floor rooms displaying the work of Canova and his contemporaries.
Accademia Galleries, the Palladio Wing Rooms Read More »
Antonio Canova modelled these lions on his tomb for the Venetian Pope Clement XII. Used as drawing models by students from 1840 they have now been restored.
Plaster models of ‘Rezzonico’ lions, Accademia Galleries Read More »
Four ‘bozzetti’ or models by Antonio Canova including The Wrestlers, a Pieta, a figure of Apollo and a model for the tomb of Titian, underwent conservation in 2011.
Sculpture Models, Antonio Canova, Accademia Galleries Read More »
