Vatican unveils last of restored Raphael Rooms after 10-year cleaning that yielded new discoveries
The Vatican Museums has unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms
ByNICOLE WINFIELD Associated PressJune 26, 2025, 10:56 AMRaphael Rooms, the spectacularly frescoed reception rooms of the Apostolic Palace that in some ways rival the Sistine Chapel as the peak of high Renaissance artistry.A decade-long project to clean and restore the largest of the four Raphael Rooms uncovered a novel mural painting technique that the superstar Renaissance painter and architect began but never completed: the use of oil paint directly on the wall, and a grid of nails embedded in the walls to hold in place the resin surface onto which he Боядисани.
Служителите на музеите на Ватикана описаха откритията в четвъртък в откриването на залата, известна като стаята на Константин, откакто последното скелета слезе. Приемната зала, която беше нарисувана от Рафаел и неговите студенти, започващи през първия четвърт век на 1500-те години, е отдадена на римския импер...
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