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Research paper thumbnail of Chemical poly ethyl methacrylate (PEMA) organogels for the removal of pressure sensitive tapes (PSTs) from paper artworks

Research paper thumbnail of An innovative method to remove Pressure Sensitive Tape from contemporary felt-tip pen and ballpoint pen drawings on paper. The case studies of Federico Fellini from Rimini film library

1 Trabace, Via Gobetti, 13 75022 Irsina (MT), Italy mdl.trabace@gmail.com 2 Mirabile, 11 Rue de B... more 1 Trabace, Via Gobetti, 13 75022 Irsina (MT), Italy mdl.trabace@gmail.com 2 Mirabile, 11 Rue de Bellefond, 75009 Paris 09, France antonio.mirabile@gmail.com 3 Opificio delle Pietre dure, Via Alfani, 78 50121 Firenze, Italy letizia.montalbano@beniculturali.it 4 Department of Chemistry Ugo Schiff and CSGI, University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019 Florence, Italy giorgi@csgi.unifi.it and ferrari@csgi.unifi.it

Research paper thumbnail of Il futuro del contemporaneo. I cantieri del Master in Conservazione e Restauro delle opere d’arte contemporanee dell’Opificio delle Pietre Dure

Research paper thumbnail of Il restauro della Boîte-en-valise di Marcel Duchamp della Peggy Guggenheim Collection di Venezia: un’esperienza multidisciplinare nell’ambito della conservazione delle opere polimateriche del XX secolo

OPD restauro n. 32, 2020

Si ringrazia per la collaborazione l'Associazione Amici dell'Opificio Hanno collaborato a questo ... more Si ringrazia per la collaborazione l'Associazione Amici dell'Opificio Hanno collaborato a questo numero

Research paper thumbnail of R E S T A U R O

Research paper thumbnail of Non-invasive contactless analysis of an early drawing by Raffaello Sanzio by means of optical methods

Scientific Reports

Studying highly valuable and fragile Renaissance drawings requires a non-invasive contactless ana... more Studying highly valuable and fragile Renaissance drawings requires a non-invasive contactless analytical approach. In this work, we study an early drawing by Raffaello Sanzio, one of the most important artists of the Italian Renaissance, realized during his stay in Florence (1504–1508). Our analyses aimed to reveal the features of the paper support significant for its dating, identify and map the drawing media to understand the artist’s technical approach, and document the drawing condition with imaging and single-sited optical methods. Reflectance Vis–NIR multispectral imaging spectroscopy elaborated with False-Colour and Principal Component Analysis provided information about the paper support and the drawing media. Laser scanning micro-profilometry and Optical Coherence Tomography allowed revealing the superficial micro-scale features of the support. The chemical composition of the different drawing materials was characterized by μ-Raman spectroscopy, which provided also some evi...

Research paper thumbnail of La restauración de las obras contemporáneas en el Opificio delle Pietre Dure de Florencia

Research paper thumbnail of Valorizzazione e conservazione del patrimonio fotografico: Intervento di conservazione in "cold storage" di materiali sensibili su pellicola

Research paper thumbnail of La tecnica pittorica di Antonio Bueno. Intervista ad Isabella Bueno

The daughter of the painter Antonio Bueno (1918-1984) describes her father's working techniqu... more The daughter of the painter Antonio Bueno (1918-1984) describes her father's working technique and the artists he knew and was influenced by. He preferred painting in oil, often produced preparatory drawings and towards the end of his life, turned also to the use of graphical techniques, such as engraving, dry point etc. Illustration in colour and B/W of the following: Concerto campestre per Giorgione, 1984; Serie di volte, 1961; Preistoria contemporanea, 1965; Liaisons dangereuses, 1964; Il pittore e la modella (d'apres Giorgione); Esecuzione no.2, 1953; Profilo di donna e pipa, 1956; Rebus -il neopompiere e la modella, 1969; Nudo con fiori, 1947.

Research paper thumbnail of Le Scuole di Alta Formazione e di Studio per restauratori del MiBACT: Fra tradizione e innovazione

Research paper thumbnail of Il restauro della miniatura del Caleffo dell'Assunta dell'Archivio di Stato di Siena

Research paper thumbnail of Venere e Amore: un Michelangelo recuperato?

On occasion of the exhibition 'Venus and Love. Michelangelo and the New Ideal Beauty' at ... more On occasion of the exhibition 'Venus and Love. Michelangelo and the New Ideal Beauty' at Florence's Galleria dell'Accademia, June-November 2002, it was decided to transport the charcoal drawing on paper to the Opificio delle Pietre Dure's Paper Conservation Laboratory for condition assessment and technical study. A conservation treatment was developed with the aim of recovering the structural and aesthetic unity of the cartoon without modifying the consolidation and current mounting system, the result of an intervention undertaken 10 years earlier. Mechanical cleaning removed solid residues deposited on the surface. Areas of loss were filled with Japanese tissue paper adhered with methycellulose and chromatically integrated with the tratteggio technique. A renewed reading of the work is now possible thanks to the recovery of the work's graphic force.

Research paper thumbnail of Carta nautica detta Mappamondo di Pesaro: ignoto prima metà del XVI secolo, Pesaro, Biblioteca Oliveriana

Research paper thumbnail of L'amore alla fonte della vita: il ventaglio su pergamena di Giovanni Segantini

Research paper thumbnail of Il restauro del disegno Sul fienile di Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo

Il restauro del grande disegno su carta trasparente di Giovanni Pellizza da Volpedo completa una ... more Il restauro del grande disegno su carta trasparente di Giovanni Pellizza da Volpedo completa una serie di interventi eseguiti dal settore Restauro Disegni e Stampe dell’Opificio su alcune opere grafiche del pittore, conservate nella sua casa studio di Volpedo, ora museo e fondazione.

Research paper thumbnail of Leonardo e Raffaello, per esempio--: disegni e studi d'artista

Research paper thumbnail of Giovannino de'Grassi's model book from the Civic Library in Bergamo: scientific analyses, studies of the techniques and restoration

La conservation: une …, 1997

Close Document Image Close Document Printer Image Print This Document! Conservation Information N... more Close Document Image Close Document Printer Image Print This Document! Conservation Information Network (BCIN). Author: Matteini, Mauro; Montalbano, Letizia; Rossi Scarzanella, Chiara; Vaccari, Maria Grazia Title Article ...

Research paper thumbnail of Experimental testing of different kinds of fixatives used for the consolidation of painted parchment

Country: Italy, 1996

Close Document Image Close Document Printer Image Print This Document! Conservation Information N... more Close Document Image Close Document Printer Image Print This Document! Conservation Information Network (BCIN). Author: Matteini, Mauro; Montalbano, Letizia; Rizzi, Maria; Rossi Scarzanella, Chiara; Et Alii Title Article ...

Research paper thumbnail of Experimental testing of different kinds of fixatives used for the consolidation of painted parchment

Country: Italy, 1996

Close Document Image Close Document Printer Image Print This Document! Conservation Information N... more Close Document Image Close Document Printer Image Print This Document! Conservation Information Network (BCIN). Author: Matteini, Mauro; Montalbano, Letizia; Rizzi, Maria; Rossi Scarzanella, Chiara; Et Alii Title Article ...

Research paper thumbnail of Italian metal point drawings: international studies of the artistic technique

ICOM Committee for …, 2002

... Author: Montalbano, Letizia; Frosinini, Cecilia; Duval, Alain; Guicharnaud, Helene; Casu, Giu... more ... Author: Montalbano, Letizia; Frosinini, Cecilia; Duval, Alain; Guicharnaud, Helene; Casu, Giuseppe Corporate Author: ICOM Committee for ... Pigment; Conservation; Literary source -- ICCROM Subject Date: Renaissance Subject Person: Botticelli, Sandro; Lippi, Filippino Abstract ...

Research paper thumbnail of Chemical poly ethyl methacrylate (PEMA) organogels for the removal of pressure sensitive tapes (PSTs) from paper artworks

Research paper thumbnail of An innovative method to remove Pressure Sensitive Tape from contemporary felt-tip pen and ballpoint pen drawings on paper. The case studies of Federico Fellini from Rimini film library

1 Trabace, Via Gobetti, 13 75022 Irsina (MT), Italy mdl.trabace@gmail.com 2 Mirabile, 11 Rue de B... more 1 Trabace, Via Gobetti, 13 75022 Irsina (MT), Italy mdl.trabace@gmail.com 2 Mirabile, 11 Rue de Bellefond, 75009 Paris 09, France antonio.mirabile@gmail.com 3 Opificio delle Pietre dure, Via Alfani, 78 50121 Firenze, Italy letizia.montalbano@beniculturali.it 4 Department of Chemistry Ugo Schiff and CSGI, University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019 Florence, Italy giorgi@csgi.unifi.it and ferrari@csgi.unifi.it

Research paper thumbnail of Il futuro del contemporaneo. I cantieri del Master in Conservazione e Restauro delle opere d’arte contemporanee dell’Opificio delle Pietre Dure

Research paper thumbnail of Il restauro della Boîte-en-valise di Marcel Duchamp della Peggy Guggenheim Collection di Venezia: un’esperienza multidisciplinare nell’ambito della conservazione delle opere polimateriche del XX secolo

OPD restauro n. 32, 2020

Si ringrazia per la collaborazione l'Associazione Amici dell'Opificio Hanno collaborato a questo ... more Si ringrazia per la collaborazione l'Associazione Amici dell'Opificio Hanno collaborato a questo numero

Research paper thumbnail of R E S T A U R O

Research paper thumbnail of Non-invasive contactless analysis of an early drawing by Raffaello Sanzio by means of optical methods

Scientific Reports

Studying highly valuable and fragile Renaissance drawings requires a non-invasive contactless ana... more Studying highly valuable and fragile Renaissance drawings requires a non-invasive contactless analytical approach. In this work, we study an early drawing by Raffaello Sanzio, one of the most important artists of the Italian Renaissance, realized during his stay in Florence (1504–1508). Our analyses aimed to reveal the features of the paper support significant for its dating, identify and map the drawing media to understand the artist’s technical approach, and document the drawing condition with imaging and single-sited optical methods. Reflectance Vis–NIR multispectral imaging spectroscopy elaborated with False-Colour and Principal Component Analysis provided information about the paper support and the drawing media. Laser scanning micro-profilometry and Optical Coherence Tomography allowed revealing the superficial micro-scale features of the support. The chemical composition of the different drawing materials was characterized by μ-Raman spectroscopy, which provided also some evi...

Research paper thumbnail of La restauración de las obras contemporáneas en el Opificio delle Pietre Dure de Florencia

Research paper thumbnail of Valorizzazione e conservazione del patrimonio fotografico: Intervento di conservazione in "cold storage" di materiali sensibili su pellicola

Research paper thumbnail of La tecnica pittorica di Antonio Bueno. Intervista ad Isabella Bueno

The daughter of the painter Antonio Bueno (1918-1984) describes her father's working techniqu... more The daughter of the painter Antonio Bueno (1918-1984) describes her father's working technique and the artists he knew and was influenced by. He preferred painting in oil, often produced preparatory drawings and towards the end of his life, turned also to the use of graphical techniques, such as engraving, dry point etc. Illustration in colour and B/W of the following: Concerto campestre per Giorgione, 1984; Serie di volte, 1961; Preistoria contemporanea, 1965; Liaisons dangereuses, 1964; Il pittore e la modella (d'apres Giorgione); Esecuzione no.2, 1953; Profilo di donna e pipa, 1956; Rebus -il neopompiere e la modella, 1969; Nudo con fiori, 1947.

Research paper thumbnail of Le Scuole di Alta Formazione e di Studio per restauratori del MiBACT: Fra tradizione e innovazione

Research paper thumbnail of Il restauro della miniatura del Caleffo dell'Assunta dell'Archivio di Stato di Siena

Research paper thumbnail of Venere e Amore: un Michelangelo recuperato?

On occasion of the exhibition 'Venus and Love. Michelangelo and the New Ideal Beauty' at ... more On occasion of the exhibition 'Venus and Love. Michelangelo and the New Ideal Beauty' at Florence's Galleria dell'Accademia, June-November 2002, it was decided to transport the charcoal drawing on paper to the Opificio delle Pietre Dure's Paper Conservation Laboratory for condition assessment and technical study. A conservation treatment was developed with the aim of recovering the structural and aesthetic unity of the cartoon without modifying the consolidation and current mounting system, the result of an intervention undertaken 10 years earlier. Mechanical cleaning removed solid residues deposited on the surface. Areas of loss were filled with Japanese tissue paper adhered with methycellulose and chromatically integrated with the tratteggio technique. A renewed reading of the work is now possible thanks to the recovery of the work's graphic force.

Research paper thumbnail of Carta nautica detta Mappamondo di Pesaro: ignoto prima metà del XVI secolo, Pesaro, Biblioteca Oliveriana

Research paper thumbnail of L'amore alla fonte della vita: il ventaglio su pergamena di Giovanni Segantini

Research paper thumbnail of Il restauro del disegno Sul fienile di Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo

Il restauro del grande disegno su carta trasparente di Giovanni Pellizza da Volpedo completa una ... more Il restauro del grande disegno su carta trasparente di Giovanni Pellizza da Volpedo completa una serie di interventi eseguiti dal settore Restauro Disegni e Stampe dell’Opificio su alcune opere grafiche del pittore, conservate nella sua casa studio di Volpedo, ora museo e fondazione.

Research paper thumbnail of Leonardo e Raffaello, per esempio--: disegni e studi d'artista

Research paper thumbnail of Giovannino de'Grassi's model book from the Civic Library in Bergamo: scientific analyses, studies of the techniques and restoration

La conservation: une …, 1997

Close Document Image Close Document Printer Image Print This Document! Conservation Information N... more Close Document Image Close Document Printer Image Print This Document! Conservation Information Network (BCIN). Author: Matteini, Mauro; Montalbano, Letizia; Rossi Scarzanella, Chiara; Vaccari, Maria Grazia Title Article ...

Research paper thumbnail of Experimental testing of different kinds of fixatives used for the consolidation of painted parchment

Country: Italy, 1996

Close Document Image Close Document Printer Image Print This Document! Conservation Information N... more Close Document Image Close Document Printer Image Print This Document! Conservation Information Network (BCIN). Author: Matteini, Mauro; Montalbano, Letizia; Rizzi, Maria; Rossi Scarzanella, Chiara; Et Alii Title Article ...

Research paper thumbnail of Experimental testing of different kinds of fixatives used for the consolidation of painted parchment

Country: Italy, 1996

Close Document Image Close Document Printer Image Print This Document! Conservation Information N... more Close Document Image Close Document Printer Image Print This Document! Conservation Information Network (BCIN). Author: Matteini, Mauro; Montalbano, Letizia; Rizzi, Maria; Rossi Scarzanella, Chiara; Et Alii Title Article ...

Research paper thumbnail of Italian metal point drawings: international studies of the artistic technique

ICOM Committee for …, 2002

... Author: Montalbano, Letizia; Frosinini, Cecilia; Duval, Alain; Guicharnaud, Helene; Casu, Giu... more ... Author: Montalbano, Letizia; Frosinini, Cecilia; Duval, Alain; Guicharnaud, Helene; Casu, Giuseppe Corporate Author: ICOM Committee for ... Pigment; Conservation; Literary source -- ICCROM Subject Date: Renaissance Subject Person: Botticelli, Sandro; Lippi, Filippino Abstract ...

Research paper thumbnail of Il Cristo crocifisso di Raffaello nella Biblioteca Marucelliana. Analisi tecnica di un disegno dalle complesse vicende conservative

PER FARE NOTOMIA. Il Cristo anatomico di Raffaello nella Biblioteca Marucelliana di Firenze, 2021

Lo studio del famoso disegno di Raffaello conservato alla Biblioteca Marucelliana in occasione de... more Lo studio del famoso disegno di Raffaello conservato alla Biblioteca Marucelliana in occasione della mostra PER FARE NOTOMIA. Il Cristo anatomico di Raffaello nella Biblioteca Marucelliana di Firenze.
L’esigenza di allargare il campo analitico ha richiesto pertanto, oltre all’intervento del Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica dell’Università degli Studi di Firenze , della Fondazione dell’Ospedale di Santa Maria Nuova, l’apporto del CHNet dell’Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare in collaborazione con la New York University di Abu Dhabi, e dell’Opificio delle Pietre Dure di Firenze, relativamente a significative indagini diagnostiche non invasive.

Research paper thumbnail of La regola del Talento

Una breve presentazione della Scuola di Alta Formazione dell'OPD di Firenze

Research paper thumbnail of Leonardo e Raffaello per esempio. Disegni e studi d'artista. Mandragora editore 2008

Catalogo della Mostra, Firenze, Palazzo Medici Riccardi- 2008. A cura di Cecilia Frosinini con la... more Catalogo della Mostra, Firenze, Palazzo Medici Riccardi- 2008. A cura di Cecilia Frosinini con la collaborazione di Letizia Montalbano e Michela Piccolo

Research paper thumbnail of AN INNOVATIVE METHOD TO REMOVE PRESSURE SENSITIVE

The removal of aged Pressure-Sensitive Tape (PST) is one of the most common issues during the res... more The removal of aged Pressure-Sensitive Tape (PST) is one of the most common issues during the restoration of drawings, as aged PST on paper can damage or negatively affect the artwork. The study commenced with the preparation of test samples, exposed to accelerated aging treatment, choosing PSTs and techniques similar to those of the drawings by Federico Fellini examined as case studies in this research.
Organogels based on the crosslinking of poly(methyl methacrylate) and poly(ethyl methacrylate) loaded with diethyl carbonate have been tested as a new removalsystem, made of gel and a non-toxic solvent. Applied directly on the PST, they ledto removal of the backing and the adhesive of the PST.

Research paper thumbnail of Diagnostica Conservazione Tutela- I disegni di Leonardo-2013

A study about conservation Leonardo's drawings

Research paper thumbnail of L’ITP International Training Project. Le nuove frontiere

L’ITP (International Training Project) è un progetto triennale del MiBACT che promuove all’ester... more L’ITP (International Training Project) è un progetto triennale del MiBACT
che promuove all’estero sette istituti di eccellenza del Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo, permettendo a studenti e restauratori di tutto il mondo di partecipare a stage e tirocini presso
i laboratori di restauro dell’Opificio delle Pietre Dure di Firenze