The restoration of the Gallery of the Candelabra
The restoration of the Gallery of the Candelabra

The restoration of the Gallery of the Candelabra

10 May 2016
Gallery of the Candelabra, Vatican Museums

The complex restoration of the plasterwork and nineteenth-century paintings of the Gallery of the Candelabra, in the Vatican Museums, has been completed.

The works, directed by Micol Forti and funded by the Patrons of the Arts, have required a high level of experimentation in both techniques and materials to restore to their original splendour the pictorial decorations realised from 1883 to 1887, at the behest of Leo XIII, by A. Angelini, D. Torti and L. Seitz.