Experts have started diagnostic tests and restoration of two important Renaissance paintings dating to 1510-1515.
The paintings are two of 11 or more paintings from a polyptych by Antonio de Saliba, produced for the medieval Rabat Franciscan Minor Observants’ Church of Santa Maria di Gesù (Ta’ Gieżu) in Rabat.
The restoration is being carried out by the University of Malta’s Department of History of Art Research Programme. It is sponsored by Banif Bank.
Banif Bank and the Research Programme for Late Medieval and Renaissance Art have already collaborated on the restoration intervention of a Madonna and Child Enthroned in Żejtun Parish Church (now in the Parish Museum). The painting was diagnostically tested and restored last year by ReCoop Laboratories.