Painting the Gonzaga-Montefeltro chest

This travelling chest bears the coats of arms of Elizabetta Gonzaga of Mantua and Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino. This may have been one of ten similar chests made for them on the occasion of their marriage in 1488.

  • Gonzaga-Montefeltro chest conservation

    (a) Front left foot, showing stages in cleaning and retouching

  • Gonzaga-Montefeltro chest conservation

    (b) Front left foot, showing stages in cleaning and retouching

  • Gonzaga-Montefeltro chest conservation

    (c) Front left foot, showing stages in cleaning and retouching

  • Gonzaga-Montefeltro chest conservation

    (d) Front left foot, showing stages in cleaning and retouching

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