Art Restitutions

Art Restitutions

Art Restitutions was established in 2005 with the project of the Prince’s Chambers at the Estense Castle in Ferrara, where Bottega Tifernate recreated twenty-five life-size paintings on canvas to restore the Renaissance residence to its original appearance.

From that experience was born a unique service in the world, dedicated to the recreation of lost, damaged, or no longer visible works of art, intended for museums, churches, and cultural institutions. Each restitution is carried out to the highest artistic standards: analysis of the original, material and chromatic study, and pictorial recreation using natural pigments and noble materials.

Through the Pictographic technique, Bottega Tifernate reproduces frescoes, panels, and canvases identical to the originals in materials, colors, and visual presence, restoring the aesthetic and spiritual integrity of their original locations. Each project stems from a detailed philological study of the original work, including material analysis, photographic and laser scanning surveys, chromatic reconstruction, and layered manual painting with natural pigments, following the procedures of Renaissance workshops.

For Institutions
This service is aimed at museums, public entities, dioceses, and foundations that wish to reinstall works removed for conservation or security reasons. The goal is to restore the work’s visibility and aesthetic function, allowing the public to experience it in its original context while the authentic piece remains safely preserved. Every stage of the process employs exclusively natural pigments and precious materials, applied in five successive layers according to the Pura technique.

For Thematic Museums
Bottega Tifernate designs and produces complete collections of artworks for permanent or traveling exhibitions. Each piece is executed using the Retouch, Picta, or Pura techniques, depending on the level of manual intervention and intended use. The aim is to reunite dispersed masterpieces or make inaccessible works available to the public, offering an immersive and faithful museum experience in which the pictorial presence of the original is fully restored.

For Collectors
We offer the possibility to recreate works of great artistic and historical value for preservation or display in private residences. Each restitution is produced using the Pura technique and completed manually by Bottega’s master painters with natural pigments and noble materials. The original work can be stored in vaults or protected environments, while the pictographic reproduction — indistinguishable in presence and quality — can be lived with daily, preserving the emotion and dignity of authentic art.

Art Restitutions represents the essence of Bottega Tifernate’s mission: to restore visibility, beauty, and pathos to masterpieces that time, fate, or history have rendered invisible.

  Recreation of Guardiagrele's Crucifix
  The plaque in St. Peter's Basilica
  Recreation of the Lunette Vincenzo Barboni
  Recreation of the Madonna of Butinone
  Our Lady of the Parturients
  Reproducing Michelangelo's letter to the Pope
  Crucifix of Guardiagrele
  Recreation of the Adoration of the Shepherds by Luca Signorelli
  The Marriage of the Virgin
  The Prince's Camerini in Ferrara
  The Porziuncola Nuova


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