Plautilla Nelli: Restoration Project with Publication

March 3, 2024

Join us in honoring Plautilla Nelli’s legacy on her 500th anniversary. Students from ‘Advanced Restoration,’ supported by various departments, embark on restoring ‘Madonna and Child with Saint Catherine, Sant’Agnese and Saint Dominique.’

WHAT

Coinciding with the 500^th anniversary of Plautilla Nelli’s birth, Florence’s first recognized female Renaissance artist (1524-1588) the following restoration is planned on this small panel painting of the ‘Madonna and Child with Saint Catherine, Sant’Agnese and Saint Dominique’. Research and restoration by ‘Advanced Restoration’ students under the direction of head professor Dr. Roberta Lapucci of the Lorenzo de’ Medici Institute of Florence and the ‘technical art’ scientific and chemical study campaign with the collaboration of Trisha Dalke (ex-LDM student in Art Conservation) is currently taking her Master Degree in Technical Art at the University of Amsterdam. Other LdM departments such as Gender Studies, Jewelry Design, Fine Art, Graphics and Communication are also participating in this project. Leading Nelli scholar Dr. Catherine Turrill Lupi will be making a precious contribution with her research and increasing new findings on the small panels paintings by Plautilla Nelli and her ‘Bottega’ that are coming to light.
WHEN

Start: January 2024
Completion and presentation of restoration and publication: June 2024
WHERE

The restoration will be carried out at the Lorenzo de’Medici Institute in Florence, it will communicate and enhance the body of Nelli works Nationally and Internationally with various events planned in 2024, namely: conferences, exhibitions and gala events in San Marco, Palazzo Vecchio, Utrecht, Milan, London, Dublin and the USA
Project includes:
- Art history research
- Diagnostic testing Lorenzo de’ Medici Institute in collaboration with the University of Amsterdam
- Restoration of the painting
- Frame Conservation
- Photographic campaign
- Presentation of the final project of 3 ‘Advanced Restoration’ LdM students to go towards their Degree
- Press Conference and presentation of the project
- National and International press campaign
- Presentation of the painting after restoration with its accompanying publication
- Inaugural events
INFO
- Artist: Plautilla Nelli
- Technique: Oil painting on panel
- Subject: Madonna and Child with Saint Catherine, Sant’Agnese and Saint Dominique
- Size: 35.5 cm x 27.4 cm with frame 44 cm x 36 cm