Florence Biennale of Antiques awards presented. Here are the winners

As part of the Florence Biennale Internazionale dell’Antiquariato, underway at Palazzo Corsini, awards for Sculpture, Painting andDecorative Art or Design were awarded and presented.

The awards consist of funding the restoration of works of art belonging to the public cultural heritage. “Explicit desire of the Biennale is to promote and support the restoration of those works that would be difficult to find sponsorship because they are less famous,” pointed out Secretary General Fabrizio Moretti.

The winner of the Ronald S. Lauder Prize for Decorative Arts and Design is Peter Finer for the armor executed in the workshop of Tommaso Negroni, made between 1445-1450 for Count Galezzo da Arco.

Honorablementions to Alessandra di Castro for the gold rose executed by Bartolomeo Bulgari for Pope Pius IV Medici and to Iotti Antichità for the pair of gilded and carved wood consolles with marble tops dating from the 18th century. Honorable mentions also went to Dario Ghio ’s booth for a particularly representative collection of antique corals and for granting visibility to the Ascione Museum in Naples, a small museum reality.

The Pierucci Prize for Painting was awarded to Daniele da Volterra’s work, Madonna and Child, St. John and St. Barbara, exhibited by Mehringer /Benappi. Due to its art-historical interest, the panel has been subject to protection provisions since 1979, and has been documented since the late 18th century in the Ricciarelli house.

The Sculpture Prize was won by Altomani and Sons Gallery for St. John the Baptist, a terracotta sculpture by the Master of St. John, now identified with Benedetto da Rovezzano. A historic piece that belonged to Stefano Bardini’s collection and later witnessed in the Rospigliosi collection.

In addition, Professor Claudio Strinati presented the Lorenzo d’Oro Prize to Antonio Paolucci, art historian, former Minister for Cultural and Environmental Heritage, Director of the Vatican Museums and Superintendent for the Polo Museale Fiorentino, for his commitment to the dissemination and promotion of Italian art in the world.

Presented this week by Bargello Museum Director Paola D’Agostino and BIAF Secretary General Fabrizio Moretti was the restoration of Benvenuto Cellini’s bronze relief depicting Perseus and Andromeda, made possible thanks to funding from theAssociazione Antiquari d’Italia, of which Enrico Frascione is President, with funds made available in 2017 by the Florence Biennale Internazionale dell’Antiquariato. Directed by Ilaria Ciseri and executed by Maria Ludovica Niccolai, the restoration restored the original splendor of the work, an integral part of the famous Perseus with the Head of Medusa statue commissioned by Cosimo de’ Medici in 1545 and now housed at the Bargello Museum.

Florence Biennale of Antiques awards presented. Here are the winners

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