Nelli’s move is moving
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A scaffolding to put Nelli’s work into perspective—high!
From scaffolding and Supper dialog
In mid-October, Plautilla Nelli’s Last Supper is transferred to the Santa Maria Novella Museum after 4 years in the restoration studio. The newly salvaged painting arrived ‘home sweet home’ and was deftly hoisted up a scaffolding built earlier that morning. In the image pictured here, art lovers will appreciate, figures from a fifteenth-century fresco as they look on, awaiting their new neighbor. Nelli’s painting, now displayed in what is called the ‘Old Refectory’, is directly opposite a work by her contemporary Alessandro Allori, who also painted a Last Supper, as per Florentine tradition. (You can see the empty wall space where Nelli was later placed!) Their paintings will be able to dialog for eons, as we happily celebrate the permanent public display of Nelli’s masterwork.
In mid-October, Plautilla Nelli’s Last Supper is transferred to the Santa Maria Novella Museum after 4 years in the restoration studio. The newly salvaged painting arrived ‘home sweet home’ and was deftly hoisted up a scaffolding built earlier that morning. In the image pictured here, art lovers will appreciate, figures from a fifteenth-century fresco as they look on, awaiting their new neighbor. Nelli’s painting, now displayed in what is called the ‘Old Refectory’, is directly opposite a work by her contemporary Alessandro Allori, who also painted a Last Supper, as per Florentine tradition. (You can see the empty wall space where Nelli was later placed!) Their paintings will be able to dialog for eons, as we happily celebrate the permanent public display of Nelli’s masterwork.