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Conservation treatment and technical examination of Francesco di Giorgio's 'St Bernardino Preaching' c1462-5

Conservation of di Giorgio's 'St Bernardino Preaching'

Walker Art Gallery collection

Accession number WAG 2758

painting of a Renaissance scene with crowds watching a preacher in a courtyard
The painting after conservation. Zoom into the detail of this painting

The Renaissance painting 'St Bernardino Preaching' by Francesco di Giorgio was examined in 2005 for a proposed loan to London, before being fully conserved.

The treatment of the painting took many months and much of the difficult cleaning was carried out under the microscope. This enabled us to examine the surface in very close detail to see exactly how it was made.

The painting has recently been attributed to Francesco di Giorgio Martini.

Event

Head of paintings conservation Nicola Christie will be giving a gallery talk about the conservation of the painting at the Walker Art Gallery on Thursday 13 March, 1-1.30pm. See the Walker Art Gallery's What's On page for further details.

detail of preacher from painting in a raised pulpit overlooking the crowds
Detail from the painting showing St Bernardino in a raised pulpit, at the top right of this image.


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