The Scuola Grande di San Rocco in Venice, home to Tintoretto's masterpieces, witnessed the restoration of 'The Crucifixion' painting. Funded by Save Venice for €650,000, the treatment involved removing a yellowed varnish that obscured the artwork and repairing earlier restoration flaws from the 1970s. Conservator Caterina Barnaba highlighted the visibility of these changes, enhancing appreciation of Tintoretto's techniques. The Crucifixion, regarded as Tintoretto's zenith work, remains a vital piece of Venetian art history and cultural heritage.
The painting was obscured by an oxidised, very yellowed varnish... The new treatment not only removed them, but also altered faulty retouching of previous treatments.
Executed between 1564 and 1587, the series adorns the walls, ceilings and stairwell of the ornate Scuola, a confraternity of Christian laymen.
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