Word: persegati
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...decision to clean the Sistine frescoes, made four years ago by the curatorial officers of the Vatican museums, headed by their director general, Carlo Pietrangeli, and their secretary-treasurer, Walter Persegati, is one of the most courageous ever made in the field of art conservation. The work has three stages and will take until 1992. The years 1980 to 1984 saw the cleaning of the lunettes, depicting the ancestors of Christ--until now the least visible part of Michelangelo's immense scheme. The years 1985 to 1988 will be spent on the ceiling and spandrels--the figures of the giant...
...Walter Persegati Secretary of the Museums Vatican City...
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