Restoration

The Restoration Department of the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza assumes the functions of conservation, study and restoration of the pieces of both the permanent collection and the Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection. Therefore, it is responsible for the conservation of the 802 works that make up the Thyssen-

Bornemisza Collection (746 housed in the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza and 56 loaned to the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya), and 425 works from the Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, stored in the Museo Nacional ThyssenBornemisza.

In order to contribute to the preservation of cultural heritage, this year 21 pieces have been restored, with processes including biological treatment, cleaning, varnishing, fixing, consolidating and touching up.

Standout activities

O’Keeffe’s From

the Plains II, 1954, was restored for the Georgia O’Keeffe monographic exhibition to be held at the Museum in 2021.

Restoration of

Pier Francesco Foschi’s Portrait

of a Lady, ca. 1530–1535, on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Public restoration of

Vittore Carpaccio’s Young Knight in a

Landscape, ca. 1505. This experience has made it possible to show the restoration process and the results immediately to the visitors who have come to the permanent collection.

With the financial support of Artika and a crowdfunding campaign, the restoration of Canaletto’s The Piazza San Marco in Venice, ca. 1723-1724, was displayed. An interactive digital table was installed in the room that allowed visitors to access the technical study and restoration process of the painting.