Interview with Paolo Violini, Chief Restorer of the Paintings and Wooden Materials Restoration Laboratory of the Vatican Museums

Splendor conserved for centuries to come Rediscovering Michelangelo’s fresco in all its expressive power is an extraordinary experience—one that stays with you for a lifetime. Paolo Violini, the Vatican’s Chief Restorer of the Paintings and Wooden Materials Restoration Laboratory, recounts his work in the Sistine Chapel on the occasion of the extraordinary maintenance of Michelangelo Buonarroti’s…