Since their partnership began in 1989, Valeria Merlini and Daniela Storti have undertaken numerous large-scale conservation and restoration projects, gaining recognition for their exceptional technical skills and expertise in team management. In 1999, they restored Caravaggio’s The Pilgrims’ Madonna in situ at the Church of Sant’Agostino, making them the first to carry out an open restoration in Italy. Since 2008, they have curated an annual special exhibition focusing on an 'opera unica', hosted by Palazzo Marino in Milan. By exhibiting several masterpieces loaned by the Louvre, including those by Leonardo, Titian, Georges de La Tour, Canova, and Francois Gerard, they have developed a stimulating relationship with the famous Parisian museum.
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