silver altar of the Baptistery of St. John the Baptist in Florence
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Last week, residents were able to admire Florence restored the silver altar of the Baptistery of St. John Baptist. On the restoration of a unique product it took 6 years. The altar was created in the Renaissance by a constellation of famous masters: for him a hand Tommaso Ghiberti, Bernardo Cennini, Antonio Pollaiuolo and Andrea Verrocchio. It also participated in the workshop of Verrocchio, and as a pupil he was Leonardo da Vinci, which gave reason to assume that, probably, the Italian titan also contributed to the creation of a masterpiece.

However, the project supervisor Innocenti Clarice (Clarice Innocenti) wary of such assumptions and notes that the new altar of the already made a huge impression on the audience: it is impossible to tear my eyes. According to her, the end of the casters XIVveka superior in skill of painters of the era, so to admire the unique product are all legitimate.

restored the altar of the museum is housed in the Basilica of Santa Maria del Fiore,. Product of the original four hundred shone brilliantly: the restorers cleaned all the years of blackened silver surface of the altar, and the figures of sacred history, created by the best Italian masters, now can be seen in all their original grandeur.

Prepared by Mary Estrova, AI

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