Sustainable Restoration Guided by Scientific and Archival Investigations: The Bio-Cleaning of Lorenzo Duke of Urbino’s Sarcophagus, a Michelangelo’s Masterpiece in the Medici Chapels

The masterpiece this work deals with is the tomb of Lorenzo de’ Medici, Duke of Urbino, completed by Michelangelo around 1533 in the New Sacristy of Medici chapel in Florence. Sacristy underwent an extensive restoration (2013–2020) and Lorenzo’s sarcophagus was addressed in the last phase (2019–2020...

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Main Authors: Chiara Alisi, Donata Magrini, Silvia Vettori, Barbara Salvadori, Marina Vincenti, Daniela Manna, Monica Bietti, Anna Rosa Sprocati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-11-01
Series:Heritage
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/5/4/172