Villa Minelli - Treviso

The restoration intervention on the frescoes, painted wooden ceilings, and two paintings on canvas and panel in the Villa Minelli complex in Ponzano Veneto (Treviso) was carried out between 1991 and 1999 (see sections "Wall Paintings" and "Paintings on the woods and canvas"). The presence in this complex of representative offices, halls that are used regularly and conditioning systems required continual maintenance over the years aimed at monitoring the condition of the artworks. The painted wooden ceilings and the altar piece of the Chapel also needed to be monitored as works of art on wood may suffer from natural changes that are inherent to this material, such as lifting of the paint film, and need to be monitored constantly. This assessment and monitoring process on the canvas painting and the frescoes displayed both inside and outside the Villa lasted approximately ten years.
(Photo by M. Cardinali, B. De Ruggeri and P. Soriani)