Duke University’s “Masterpiece” studio reopens – History Blog

After two years of repairs, infrastructure upgrades and original artworks restoration, Studiolo in Montefrotero, Duke of Federico III, Montefrotro, was reopened to the public.

Studiolo is a private study of the Duke Palace of Urbino in the 15th century. It is a masterpiece of exquisite inlay mosaics, aiming to enable landscapes, architecture, furniture, musical instruments, armor, fables, etc. to capture landscapes, architecture, furniture, musical instruments, armor, fables, etc. on wooden boards. The striking paneling was originally crowned by portraits of 28 learned 28 people, but half of them were removed during the renovation of the 15th century and is now in the Louvre Museum. The original was not available for retrieval of the original, but they worked with the museum to obtain ultra-high resolution images of the missing portraits that were framed and returned to the walls so the staff looked as if Federico da Montefeltro was still alive.

The recovery also led to two further major discoveries, thus reintroducing what was considered to be the main comfort of the apartment at the time: the toilet at Duke University (now a space that meets the physical needs, now fully explained), a small room adjacent to the studio, and a luxurious laundry protein removed in the 19th Century, which sanitation reached the palace, and the satellite had become the guard. In the 20th century, it was wrongly reassembled. Even Pasquale Rotondi did not recognize that some of the scattered stone elements were actually part of a large structure, and are now identified by archival documents, especially thanks to the detailed viewpoint of Romolo Liverani. Therefore, this luxurious furniture can be reassembled in the original location of the Duke University bedroom and contributed a work-style contribution to restore the original features of this basic part of the Duke Palace apartment.