Documentation and archives
Digital archive
The Conservation and Restoration Center keeps a copy of the documentation of the conservation interventions carried out from 2005 to today, in agreement with the owners of the restored works.
It also digitised and preserves the historical archives of the restorer Pinin Brambilla Barcilon (1925-2020) and the historic Turin art gallery Martano (active from 1965 to 2013), founded by Giuliano Martano and Liliana Dematteis.
In this section it is possible to explore the consistencies of the three archives, through the inventories. Within the project Humanities in Conservation – NRRP, Ministry of Culture, funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU, some forms have been made available, in agreement with the bodies that own the works, for free consultation through the drafting of an abstract for easy reading and an in-depth one.
The consultation of the archives for study and research purposes can be requested at the e-mail address archivio@ccrvenaria.it
Archive of the Centre
since 2005
A selection of interventions is available for the Centre’s restoration archive, where it is possible to view a gallery of images of conservation and scientific activities and their phases.
Each intervention is preceded by a facilitated description marked with the accessibility logo, the abstract of the intervention is an informative and non-technical drafting of the activities carried out.
To cite the material on line:
Archivi Centro Conservazione e Restauro ‘La Venaria Reale’, Fondo Archivio Restauri CCR, url data sheet consulted
Pinin Brambilla Barcilon Archive
1954 – 2016
Pinin Brambilla Barcilon (1925-2020), known throughout the world for the restoration of theThe Last Supper Leonardo da Vinci and other masterpieces of Italian art, She was the first director of the Centre's restoration laboratories.
Its archive contains the documentation produced during the years of activity and kept in its Laboratory in Milan until June 2017, when, thanks to the support of Ra.Mo S.p.A, She was transferred to the Centre. A wide selection of over 50,000 phototypes, reports, scientific analyses, notes and study materials can now be consulted, excluding interventions on privately owned works.
To cite the material on line:
Archives Conservation and Restoration Centre ‘La Venaria Reale’, Pinin Brambilla Barcilon Fund, URL consulted
Archive Galleria Martano
1965 – 2013
The ‘Archivio Martano’ collection collects documentary and photographic material relating to the exhibitions organised by the Gallery between 1965 and 2013. It was acquired in 2017 for the filing of documents and the digitisation of photographs.
The archive is currently in the process of being reorganised, together with a book collection of around 5 000 volumes covering the period 1930-2013. donated by Liliana Dematteis to the Library of the Centre in 2013 after the closing of the Gallery.
To cite the material on line:
Archives Conservation and Restoration Centre ‘La Venaria Reale’, Galleria Martano Fund, URL consulted
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