A life-sized terracotta Madonna and Child by Renaissance sculptor and architect Jacopo Sansovino has been pieced back together by the experts at Florence’s Opificio delle Pietre Dure after centuries of damage and atrocious restorations. The restoration took 3 years. It started with X-rays and CAT scans taken in Bologna to provided a detailed roadmap of …

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