National Gallery of Art Hosts Work Rescued from Earthquake with The Beffi Triptych

Experts from the Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione ed il Restauro in Rome with works recovered from the Abruzzo National Museum in L'Aquila. Photo by Edoardo Loliva. (web image)

WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Gallery of Art presents The Beffi Triptych: Preserving Abruzzo's Cultural Heritage, on view in the West Building's Rotunda from June 15 to September 7, 2009. The first work of art to be transported out of the region of Abruzzo, Italy, in the aftermath of a violent earthquake, the triptych is one of the most important works from the National Museum of Abruzzo in the city of L'Aquila. The Italian government has loaned the altarpiece for display at the National Gallery of Art until Labor Day in gratitude to the United States for being among the first to offer assistance to the region after the earthquake and as testimony to the Italian commitment to restore fully the cultural heritage of the region. http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=31476