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"A new solution for old retouching" features the Allegory of Inclination an oil-on-canvas painting produced by Artemisia Gentileschi (1615-1617) for the gallery ceiling at Casa Buonarroti, in Florence. "We decided to remove the brown overpaint on the figure's belly, elbows and knee because, after diagnostic testing, we determined that this brown retouching was applied after Il Volterrano covered Artemisia's nude allegorical figure," says head conservator Elizabeth Wicks, whil

Artemisia's Painting Undergoes Scanning Techniques and Analysis by the National Institute of Optics Dr. Raffella Fontana heads the team at INO team at the National Institute of Optics, in Florence: “We are making a virtual 3-D model,” she says of Artemisia Gentileschi's Allegory of Inclination at Casa Buonarroti. "We’ll be able to zoom into Artemisia’s pentimenti – where she changed her mind – and follow the contours of her craquelure." “This is micrometric analysis," Fontana

In this video, conservator Elizabeth Wicks begins the cleaning process for ‘Artemisia UpClose’ and the original colours of Artemisia’s Allegory of Inclination at the Casa Buonarroti Museum in Florence are revealed. Dr. Wicks removes the paper and canvas backing glued to the back of the stretcher, before turning her attention to the front of the painting. She removes smoke deposits, dust, old glue and varnish layers… and the viewer can enjoy the painter’s lapis lazuli skies.

Detective work continues on Artemisia's 'Allegory of Inclination' in Florence with microscopic work under raking light and more. “Through working photographs, diagnostic imaging and analysis, we will be able to determine the exact technique Artemisia used, correctly map the work’s condition, and monitor our treatment plan for the painting,” says the project’s conservator Elizabeth Wicks, who heads the team of restoration scientists, for 'Artemisia UpClose' at Casa Buonarroti

See Artemisia's painting being removed from the ceiling at Casa Buonarroti Museum - the first time it has been touched in over 300 years! Florence’s home-museum dedicated to the memory of Michelangelo embarks on the restoration of Artemisia Gentileschi’s 'Allegory of Inclination' (1616), the first painting the artist created during her 7-year sojourn in Florence.

Becoming Suzanne Valadon By Margie MacKinnon Originally published in RESTORATION CONVERSATIONS magazine Autumn/Winter 2025 - Issue 8 Suzanne Valadon, 1923, The Violin Case, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Source: Wikipedia Suzanne Valadon’s life reads like a paperback novel, with a plot that takes the heroine from obscurity to notoriety and, belatedly, much deserved acclaim. Its setting is Montmartre, the bohemian centre of turn-of-the-century Paris, and the cast of