The Versailles & Giverny Foundation Today
Other World Projects
In 2016 we restored two clocks in King Frederick the Great’s Palace of Sanssouci, Potsdam, Germany
French Pedestal Clock (1745-1749) in the Study of King Frederick the Great by Jean-Pierre Latz, Risamburgh,Charles Cressent & Charot
The 1746 Cartel Clock by François Beekaert in Frederick the Great’s First Guest Room
In 2019: Restoration of the last Queen of Portugal,
Marie-Amélie of Orléans pink velvet and silver thread embroidered Court Mantle
(Coach Museum, Lisbon)
In 2021: In The Scuola Dalmata we restored Carpaccio’s “Saint Augustine in his Study” amongst other paintings in his “Life of Saint Jerome” cycle through Save Venice. Subsequently we underwrote the lighting of Carpaccio’s entire cycle of restored paintings along with the Scuola’s upper XVIITh Century “Salla Dell Albergo”
Restorer at work on Saint Augustine in his elegant Renaissance Study
Hidden in the Scuola Torchères is a state of the art lighting by Passetti Studio
As long as we were installing new lighting in the Scuola we opted to light the upper XVIIth century “Salla Dell Albergo”
2023 in the Veneto: More than 250 prints from the Remondini Collection at the Museo Civico of Bassano del Grappa underwent conservation treatment
2024 in Venice: Through Save Venice we restored the polychrome statue of Saint John the Baptist by Donatello and the Fiorentini Altar
in the Basilica of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari
In 2025 we restored through Save Venice The Scuola Dalmata’s marble facade
In 2025 & 2026: In Cairo Egypt we restored the Clock Tower in the El Manial Palace
