altarpiece

Conservator works on altarpiece
Cleaning a 'Lost Altarpiece' that was Found in a Woodshed

 

The National Gallery's Britta New and Nelly von Aderkas discuss the cleaning of a Renaissance altarpiece that was hidden in an Italian wood store for many years.

painting of christ with a halo and dove above his head with several angels, outside with a blue sky and trees
Should the Uffizi's Religious Art be Returned to Churches?
Eike Schmidt, the director of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence since 2015, recently bemoaned the fact that so many great works of religious art are languishing in museum storage.
Altarpieces with many saints
Who's Who? How to recognize saints in Art
Have you ever wondered who you are looking at in medieval and Renaissance altarpieces? This video will serve as a primer for identifying saints in art.