Tintoretto’s The Paradise, a 'live' restoration

The Museo Thyssen-Bornenmisza (Madrid, Spain) presents the project to restore Tintoretto's The Paradise. The project to conserve Tintoretto’s artwork involves the painting’s complete restoration, in the light of the deterioration that it has suffered over the years. The Paradise is one of the works that the artist produced as part of a competition to decorate the Sala del Maggior Consiglio in the Doge’s Palace, Venice.

In addition to the important work undertaken by the Museum’s Restoration team, ranging from preliminary sample analysis to direct intervention on the painting, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum has also set out to involve visitors over the course of the entire process process in a direct manner.

For the first time in Spain, and in conjunction with the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum’s 20th Anniversary, the restorers will carry out their activities in full view of the public, from the initial phase of establishing the overall project strategy, to the checking, cleaning and restoration of the work. The result will be to reveal the secrets that lie behind these procedures and to show the technical and artistic results in "real time".

Location: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza. Paseo del Prado 8, 28014 Madrid. Spain.
Opening hours: from Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 7pm. Saturdays from 10am to 11pm.

You can see more works by Tintoretto here