Structural treatments on double-sided paintings

ISBN: 978-88-6373-858-2

The “Structural treatments on double-sided paintings” project is part of the “Conserving Canvas” initiative funded by the Getty Foundation. By joining this Programme, we have drawn on important testimonies from the highly qualified and prestigious museums, research centres and cultural institutions that preceded us. We are particularly honoured by this great opportunity offered to us by the Getty Foundation, which we sincerely thank.
The proposed training project was developed starting from an extremely complex case study: the conservation treatment of a banner painted on both sides by Giulio Cesare Procaccini owned by the Pinacoteca di Brera. Once underway, the collaboration was an opportunity to enjoy a new synergy between our institutions, and I must thank Director Bradburne and all the staff of the Museum for having believed in this project.
A special thanks goes to all the conservators and professionals who, together with us, have taken up a small challenge offered by digital technology: opening these events up to our entire scientific community, and welcoming those who would otherwise have been excluded. For this I thank Matteo Rossi Doria who collaborated in building this important network of relationships and, first and foremost, the Director of our Laboratories, Michela Cardinali, for the foresight shown and for being the driver and beating heart of this project.
Last but not least, I would like to thank the whole community of conservators, professionals and students who, together with us, have followed the Project, and whose active and numerous attendance confirms how worthwhile and valid the new path that the Centre has chosen to take is.
244 pages