San Giovannino di Michelangelo
The opera until 1936 was in Andalusia, on the altar of the funerary chapel of Francisco de Los Cobos de El Salvador of Úbeda, given by Cosmo de Medici, but during the Spanish civil war was badly damaged. At The opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence they were able to proceed with the delicate restoration and the statue was rebuilt with care in every detail, thanks to the newest methodologies of digital three-dimensional scanning. The virtual model, elaborated on the basis of old photographs, made possible to restore the sculpture in all its original detail.
At the end of the exhibition the statue will return to Úbeda, the funerary chapel of the Saver
From December 4, 2013 to February 23, 2014