D17mc20-CF-2017_Milano, Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana, View of Rome, inv. 186 s

Facilitated description: 

 

The view of Rome is an engraving and represents some ancient buildings of the city of Rome.
Engraving is the printing of an image from a matrix (metal image model). 
The engraving is kept at the Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan and is part of the Pogliaghi collection. 
The La Venaria Reale Conservation and Restoration Centre restored the engraving in 2017. 
The restoration students participated in the restoration. 
 

 

 

 

Abstract of the intervention:

 

The restoration was part of an ordinary teaching project on some engravings of the Pogliaghi Fund, kept at the Ambrosiana Library, which involved students in the training course on library, archival, parchment and photographic materials (degree course in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage).