A Renaissance-era painting housed in Milan’s Duomo is set to undergo restoration thanks to Bank of America’s global art conservation program. Launched in 2010, the initiative has supported the preservation of over 15,000 artworks across 40 countries, and this year includes a significant Italian project.
The work in question is an organ panel depicting the Transfiguration, painted in 1592 by Camillo Procaccini. Specifically, it is the inner left panel of the cathedral’s southern organ. The painting illustrates a scene from the Gospel of Matthew, in which Jesus, accompanied by three disciples, ascends a hill and is revealed in divine light alongside Moses and Elijah, a moment widely interpreted as a prefiguration of the Resurrection.
Procaccini, who created several versions of the Transfiguration, introduces a distinctive variation here by adding a fourth disciple to the composition. The restoration is part of a broader set of grants aimed at safeguarding cultural heritage, with participating institutions required to report results upon completion.
The program’s advisory committee includes prominent experts such as Laura Rivers of the J. Paul Getty Museum and Nick Dorman of the Seattle Art Museum.
News Source: 9Colonne
