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Special display

Restoration of The Virgin of Humility

From 19 December 2022 to 12 December 2023

Funding for the conservation of this artwork
was generously provided through
a grant from the Bank of America
Art Conservation Project.

Bank of America

With its restoration now complete, Fra Angelico’s The Virgin of Humility is once again on display to visitors in a special installation in Room 11 of the permanent collection which presents the results of that project.

The restored painting is shown alongside two musical instruments similar to the ones depicted in the composition and an explanatory video on the work carried out by the restoration team. Over the past months the museum’s restorers have undertaken a complex process of technical study, identifying the materials used in the work’s creation, taking chemical analyses and obtaining technical images such as X-radiographs and infrared reflectographs, together allowing for a detailed study of the painting. This prior research revealed Fra Angelico’s creative procedures and provided the necessary information for embarking on the restoration with the maximum rigour and respect for the work. Following its presentation in Madrid the painting will return to the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC) where it is habitually on display as part of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection on deposit at that museum. This project has been made possible with support from the Bank of America, which included it in its Art Conservation Project programme as the recipient of one of the 19 international grants awarded in 2022 for the restoration and conservation of works of art.

Selection of images

Proceso de limpieza de la obraDetalle del proceso de reintegración de la pintura Detalle de las decoraciones doradasDetalle del láud
15
Detalle de las veladuras de la pintura

Works in this exhibition

Fra Angelico  (Fra Giovanni da Fiesole)
Fra Angelico (Fra Giovanni da Fiesole)
The Virgin of Humility
ca. 1425
The Virgin of Humility. La Virgen de la Humildad, c. 1433-1435
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Fra Angelico (Fra Giovanni da Fiesole)

The Virgin of Humility

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Tempera
on
panel
.
98.6 x 49.2 cm

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Related content

Cleaning process of the painting
Video
Fra Angelico. Restoration of The Virgin of Humility
Visita del musicólogo Jordi Savall con motivo del estudio técnico y la restauración de la obra de Fra Angelico “La Virgen de la Humildad”
Video
Jordi Savall visits The Virgin of Humility by Fra Angelico
Visit of the musicologist on the occasion of the technical study and restoration of the painting
The Virgin of Humility, ca. 1433-35
Project
Fra Angelico The Virgin of Humility
Technical study and Restoration

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Detail of the painting restoration process
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Restoration of The Virgin of Humility by Fra Angelico, lecture morning
26 October 2023
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