ITALIANO I ENGLISH     sponsor       Homepage The Fair Presentation Technical Scientific Committee Location Friends of Florence Award Grant Partners Patronage and collaboration Sponsors Exhibitors Stands Exhibiting Request Form List of Exhibitors Useful Informations & Accomodation Visitors Dates, Opening Times, Costs How to reach us Benefits Events Events Plan News News Fotogallery Web TV Press Press Kit Press Coverage Info Contacts Newsletter Banner     Sito ottimizzato per browser Mozilla Firefox 1.0 e versioni superiori. Se si riscontrano problemi con browser di versioni precedenti: save mode version The Fair I Friends of Florence Award Grant Download here the doc to partecipate at 2014 Edition. Deadline for submission is 31/05/2014 Lidia Cinelli is the restorer who won the First Prize from the Friends of Florence - Florence Art and Restoration Fair 2012, with the restoration of the fresco of Our Lady of Mercy, in the Bigallo Museum in Florence. Sponsored by the Friends of Florence Foundation, in collaboration with the no-profit Association ISTUR-CHT, the Award was created to support, with a prize of 20.000 euro, the restoration, protection and conservation projects of cultural heritage located in the city of Florence. Watch here the video of the all projects submitted in 2012 Edition For more information about the Friends of Florence Foundation www.friendsofflorence.org Watch the video of the Restoration of the fresco of Our Lady of Mercy The Awards ceremony. From left: Countess Simonetta Brandolini D'Adda, President of the Foundation Friends of Florence; Cristina Acidini, Superintendent of the Polo Museale of Florence; Franco Sottani, President of the Florence - Art and Restoration Fair and Marco Ciatti, Superintendent of the Pietre Dure Opificio The winner of the Friends of Florence - Art and Restoration Fair - 2012, Lidia Cinelli, awarded by the Countess Brandolini D'Adda Lidia Cinelli Our Lady of Mercy The project presented by Lidia Cinelli is about the restoration of the fresco of Our Lady of Mercy, preserved in the Bigallo Museum in Florence. The fresco is allocated to Bernardo Daddi's school and it shows the oldest picture of Florence in XIV century, painted under the Lady's feets. On her cloak there are 11 tonds to represent The Mercy Activities and at her sides there are the words "visito, poto, cibo, redimo, tego, colligo, condo" which highlight the activities of the Bigallo Association in Florence.       credits admin © copyright