Panel paintings and frescoes in a art Saturday

diptych attributed to the painter from Lucca Bonaventura
Berlinghieri, half of the thirteenth century
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Croce 432 anonymous painter of Pisa,
last quarter of the twelfth centuryPhoto Wikimedia Commons

Croce 434 anonymous Florentine painter,
middle of the thirteenth centuryPhoto Wikimedia Commons

Having finally free time after weeks of intense work, I took a walk in the historic center. At the end of the morning I visited the exhibition of the three oldest paintings in the Uffizi just restored and on display in the church of San Pier Scheraggio until March 29 (the entrance is free and in the first portal to the left in the loggia of the Uffizi). I share photos of the paintings before restoration but here you can see a gallery of photos after the restoration.

In the afternoon, passing through the narrow streets of the city near the Casa di Dante I visited the Oratory of San Martino seat of the Company of Buonomini, a benefit company founded in 1441. The interior is richly decorated with frescoes in the lunettes, attributed by some to the workshop of Ghirlandaio but for others to Francesco d'Antonio del Chierico. On the altar a wooden sculpture painted of St. Anthony attributed to Verrocchio. To the right of the door the hole for alms unfortunately with a "graffito".

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Restoration of a little sculpture of Saint Isidoro

This small wooden sculpture arrived into the atelier broken into several parts, the head was detached and in two and the eyes in  glass paste was removed luckily without breaking. 

In addition, as you can see from the pictures the head is not wood but is modeled in stucco plaster and connected to the body by a wodden pin. 

The difficulty has been to rebuild the site for the left eye and at the same time to paste the head. In the other photo you see the final result.

Work in sardinia

Ready for a new day of work. This week I' m working in Sardinia helping my friend to restoring sculptures. We have to finish a Crist for the Easter rites .Is not permitted to share photos, so I decided to prepare drawings of the progress for the next posts.

Pronta per una nuova giornata di lavoro. Questa settimana sto lavorando in Sardegna per aiutare un mio amico a restaurare alcune sculture lignee. Dobbiamo finire un Cristo per i riti pasquali. Non mi è permesso condividere foto allora ho deciso di preparare dei disegni dei progressi del lavoro per i prossimi post.

Cherubs

Plaster, silver leaf, egg tempera.

Church of San Michele Cagliari

the facade

the main altar with the sculpture of San Michele

the wall painting in the dome

the Sacristy

the ceiling of the Sacristy

the Sacristy furniture with the faux intarsia painted and two details

the "intarsia"

Pictures of the church of San Michele in Stampace in Cagliari, the complex built by the Jesuits in the 16 th century also included the Jesuit convent now house of the military hospital. You can visit every day the interior and the Sacristy, which also preserves the polychrome wooden sculptures of the Mysteries of the sculptor Giuseppe Antonio Lonis brought in processions on Tuesday of Holy Week.


Immagini della chiesa di san michele nel quartiere di Stampace a Cagliari; il complesso costruito dalla Compagnia di Gesù nel 16° secolo comprendeva anche il convento dei Gesuiti oggi sede dell'ospedale militare. Si può visitare tutti i giorni sia l'interno che la  Sacrestia che conserva anche le sculture lignee policrome dei Misteri dello scultore Giuseppe Antonio Lonis portate in procesione il Martedì della Settimana Santa.

Sardegna Digital Library

GROTESQUE MASK

The Buontalenti Fountain (end of XVI century) in Piazza Frescobaldi in the corner between Borgo San Jacopo e via dello Sprone.

La Fontana del Buontalenti (fine XVI secolo) in Piazza Frescobaldi all'angolo tra Borgo San Jacopo e via dello Sprone.

Pulpit of Gropina

Pieve di S. Pietro a Gropina, Loro Ciuffenna.

Details of the sculpted and figured capitals and pulpit.

http://www.comune.loro-ciuffenna.ar.it/pieve/pieve_en.htm

Restoration of an "iconostasis" in Crete

Particolari del restauro dei dipinti, degli intagli e delle dorature di un' iconostasis in una chiesa a Males, nell'isola di Creta. Collaborazione con il restauratore Michalis Troullinos 1996, per il progetto europeo Leonardo.

Details of the restoration of paintings, carvings and gilding of an iconostasis in a church in Males, on the island of Crete. Collaboration with the restorer Michalis Troullinos 1996 on the European project Leonardo.