Valuable paintings damaged in Milan
NZPA-Reuter Milan Several valuable Renaissance paintings, including a masterpiece by Piero Della Francesca, have been damaged by excessively hot, dry conditions at Milan’s Brera Gallery, officials said. They confirmed newspaper reports that the damage was caused by a malfunction of the Brera’s heating and humidifying systems and by an unusual spell of dry weather in the north Italian city. The excessive dryness had caused colours to fade and small cracks to appear in the paintings, which are all on wood.
The most famous painting affected is the
“Sacred Conversation” by the fifteenth tentury master, Piero Della Francesca, j The Milan-based newspaper, “Corriere della Sera,” said at least 20 paintings on! wood were damaged. They included works by diulio Campi, Andrea Previtali, and Vincenzo Foppa. “Corriere’j quoted guards at the gallery as saying the! heat and dryness had! caused bubbles, tiny cracks and even fragments oi paint to fall from the pictures. I Restorers) have taped and wrapped some of the pictures in protective coverings uhtil they can be repaired!
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