This summer, visitors to Los Angeles Getty Museum will be able to see one of the gems of the collection of the National Museum of Abruzzo in L'Aquila, Italy, hard-hit by the earthquake April 6, 2009

This summer, visitors to Los Angeles Getty Museum will be able to see one of the gems of the collection of the National Museum of Abruzzo in the Italian city of L'Aquila, severely affected due to earthquake, April 6, 2009. This so-called. "Triptych Beffa - track the altar with the image of the Virgin Mary, and scenes from her life, created at the beginning of the XV century by an unknown author - presumably a follower of Siena master Taddeo di Bartolo (Taddeo di Bartolo). Triptych has been one of the first works of art taken from Abruzzo after the disaster, and, fortunately, it almost does not hurt. Last summer, the triptych already demonstrated in the exhibition halls of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC , but now it is the turn of the Getty Museum .

David Bomford (David Bomford), Getty Museum Director, said: "We are very grateful to the Ministry of Culture of Italy for providing this valuable facility. We can demonstrate it with other works of European painting in our collection and we are very pleased that in this way help people learn more about the devastation in the Abruzzi and the need to preserve cultural heritage in the region ».

According to the Italian Ambassador Giulio Terzi U.S. (Giulio Terzi), the triptych was referred to the exposure to the U.S. in gratitude for its assistance in the aftermath of the earthquake.

Mario Resko ( Mario Resca), General Manager, working with objects of cultural heritage in the Ministry of Culture of Italy, said: "The National Museum in L'Aquila, now rebuilt, and as soon as it reopened to the public, the triptych will be restored in the permanent exhibition».

material prepared Ekaterina Guseva, AI

Sources: artdaily.com , artinvestment.ru