Conservation Magnified: Building an Immersive Exhibition

Join Julianna Ly, associate conservator of paintings, and Jane Alexander, chief digital information officer, to learn about the complex conservation treatment and collaborative development of an immersive digital exhibition highlighting Pintoricchio’s 15th-century Italian masterpiece, Virgin and Child. Since opening this August, Pintoricchio Magnified: An Immersive Conservation Experience provides an unprecedented digital exploration of the recent multiyear conservation treatment of one of the most damaged paintings within the collection.

Discover how conservators uncovered the complex history of the painting—with the Virgin’s robe appearing brown in the early 1990s, dark blue by the 1990s—and the conservation decision-making process used to ethically reconstruct the damaged area in the most recent treatment. To provide visitors with a behind-the-scenes look at this treatment, digital innovation collaborated with conservation to create an immersive exhibition that aims to bring visitors closer to both the artwork and the process behind its preservation. Through accessible, innovative technology, visitors can self-direct and explore the intricate treatment and layered structure of this important painting for the first time, allowing them to amplify and study specific areas, as if viewing the painting through a microscope.

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