by admin | Feb 18, 2024 | Art-Test News, Restoration
Art-Test has joined CNA Florence, an association representing artisans and their small to medium-sized enterprises in the province of Florence. The fFlorentine seat of the association specifically dedicates a section to restoration and the promotion of this...
by admin | Dec 6, 2023 | Authentications & attributions, Fakes, Restoration
A Botticelli? When the Madonna of the Veil was discovered in 1930, it was immediately considered a masterpiece by the Florentine Master. In fact, it is a beautiful intentional forgery from the Sienese school of the “Painters of Ancient Paintings,” as the...
by admin | Dec 1, 2023 | Cutural Heritage, Fakes, Restoration
A Raphael? No! A complete forgery that however, no longer than 40 years ago fooled Cesare Brandi and many other scholars, as well as the Central Institute for Restoration, with its scientific investigations. Many but not all. The attribution was strongly...
by admin | Nov 27, 2023 | Authentications & attributions, Discoveries, Exhibitions, Publications, Restoration
Just having the name “Caravaggio” in the title of an exhibition usually ensures its success, even though he was a forgotten artist for centuries, fallen into obscurity, and it is all thanks to Roberto Longhi that he was rediscovered, restoring him to a...
by admin | Oct 22, 2023 | Art-Test News, Conferences, Restoration
We are used to evaluating the results of a diagnostic campaign but we rarely dwell on the process, on all the work from the first inspection to the moment before pressing “start” and initiating data acquisition. It is a crucial time, as much as the time in...
by admin | Sep 24, 2023 | Authentications & attributions, Discoveries, Exhibitions, Restoration
Artworks are not always found where you expect them. A “Caravaggio” in Malta is fine, but a “Poussin” in Cortona, Italy? An intriguing request came to us from doctor Gioia Olivastri, who, together with the restorer Nadia Nocentini, lifted the...