DLĦ’s president Maria Grazia Cassar, Floriana mayor Davinia Samut Hili, Sante Guido, MSV Life CEO David Curmi and councilor Matthew Paris.DLĦ’s president Maria Grazia Cassar, Floriana mayor Davinia Samut Hili, Sante Guido, MSV Life CEO David Curmi and councilor Matthew Paris.

Following the restoration of Mattia Preti’s splendid titular painting of the Immaculate Conception and of St Sebastian, St Roque is the third painting by this renowned baroque artist to be given a new lease of life thanks to Din l-Art Ħelwa’s ambitious project of saving the Preti paintings at Sarria church in Floriana.

The painting was found to be in a perilous state of decay and its restoration has been made possible through a generous sponsorship from MSV Life.

Maria Grazia Cassar, while thanking MSV Life for its support, said it was DLĦ’s mission to raise cultural awareness about the artistic legacy to be found in every corner of Malta and Gozo.

Conserving the paintings at Sarria is a sure way of promoting interest in and appreciation of this wonderful church and Mattia Preti.

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