November 16, 2001Volume 30, Number 11Two-Week Issue
Irma Passeri, a guest conservator from Florence,
Italy, works on Magdalen Master's "Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints Leonard and Peter," ca. 1270 in the Yale University Art Gallery's Conservation Department.
Art of the Restoration
Below left: Chief conservator Mark Aronson examines paint under a microscope. Below right: the natural light needed for detailed restoration work flows through the studios large windows. Bottom: the work done in the Conservation Department is the focus of the gallery's current exhibit "Rediscovering Frau Angelico: A Fragmentary History."