Artemisia Upclose: Detective work for Artemisia's 'Inclination' in Florence (update #2)

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Detective work continues on Artemisia's 'Allegory of Inclination' with microscopic work under raking light and more. This conservation project, dubbed ‘Artemisia UpClose’, and co-funded by British not-for-profit Calliope Arts and British philanthropist Christian Levett, will use modern diagnostic and imaging technologies, to discover what the painting looked like, as Artemisia created it. The project includes an exhibition at Casa Buonarroti, from September 2023 to January 2024, spotlighting the project’s findings, and foresees the refurbishment of select areas of the museum, including a full re-design of the Galleria’s lighting, so that Artemisia’s painting – part of a cycle celebrating the glories of Michelangelo that includes paintings by 14 other up-and-coming Tuscan artists of her time – will be revealed in their full splendour.

Institutional partners: Casa Buonarroti Museum and Foundation and Archaeological Superintendence for the Fine Arts and Landscape for the metropolitan city of Florence.

Media Partners: The Florentine and Restoration Conversations.
Video by Olga Makarowa