L’Opificio delle Pietra Dure e la Conservazione del Patrimonio: Passato, Presente e Futuro.

Date/Time
18/02/2016
6:30 pm

Location
Italian Cultural Institute
St. George's Square
Valletta
Malta

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L’Opificio delle Pietra Dure e la Conservazione del Patrimonio: Passato, Presente e Futuro.

by Prof. Dr Marco Ciatti

In commemoration of the twentieth anniversiary of the Restoration of Caravaggio’s Masterpiece, the Beheading of St John the Baptist, Flimkien Ghal Ambjent Ahjar in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute is honoured to present a talk by Prof. Dr Marco Ciatti, Superintendent of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Firenze.

The Opificio delle Pietre Dure is the oldest European institution specialized in the conservation and restoration of works of art. Steeped in tradition, the Institute was originally set up by Ferdinando I de’ Medici. Today, the Institute is the central seat for the Italian Ministero dei Deni e delle Attivita’ Culturali e del Turismo focusing on conservation, research and education.

Marco Ciatti has been at the Institute’s helm since 2012 as superintendent. With thirty years of experience under his belt, Prof Ciatti will take his audience on a virtual tour of the Institute using the beautiful masterpieces restored by the Institute as his guide. Throughout his illustrious career, Prof Ciatti has been involved in various restorations projects on many works of arts; namely Botticelli, Cimabue, Giovanni Pisano, Raffaello and Giotto just to mention a few.

The talk will also re-visit Prof Ciatti’s experience of the restoration project of the Caravaggio Masterpiece, the Beheading of St John the Baptist which he lead in 1998. The audience will be taken through the journey of the care and workmanship required to restore this masterpiece, Malta’s most valuable work of art,[astridvel1] damaged in 1989 as a result of an attempted robbery.

Event Details:

Venue: Italian Culture Institute, Valletta
Date: Thursday 18th February, 18:30
Duration: 1hr30mins
Price: Free Entrance
Notes: Talk will be held in Italian. No interpretation services are available.