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SCHLÜSSELWÄRTER / ROM<br />
45<br />
In a makeshift studio near the art laboratory,<br />
experienced restorer Massimo Bernacchi is<br />
putting the finishing touches to a second-century<br />
statue of Hermes that is currently in pieces and<br />
suspended from steel scaffolding. For the past<br />
two years Bernacchi and the team have been<br />
cleaning and conserving the masterpiece. Using<br />
3D technology, they have been able to assess its<br />
structural weaknesses and stabilise the sculpture<br />
with synthetic pins inserted inside it.<br />
“One of the biggest problems with artworks<br />
is what has been done to them previously and<br />
rectifying that,” says Devreux. “This is an<br />
extraordinary sculpture. Everything that we do<br />
has to be done without ruining the original piece.”<br />
„Wir sind hier im Paradies<br />
<strong>der</strong> schönsten Kunst“<br />
“We are in heaven because we have the<br />
world’s most beautiful artworks”<br />
Meanwhile a special job falls to Gianni Crea<br />
today. While other Vatican staff are usually<br />
responsible for unlocking the Sistine Chapel,<br />
today he has been called upon for this special duty.<br />
The key for it doesn’t have a number, and protocol<br />
and security procedures require him to keep it in<br />
a sealed envelope. “The Sistine Chapel gives you<br />
an extraordinary sensation,” says Crea as he rips<br />
the envelope open and puts the key in the lock.<br />
“It always leaves me speechless.” The Chapel is<br />
best known for its magnificent ceiling frescoes<br />
painted in the late 15th century by the Renaissance<br />
master Michelangelo Buonarotti. This is where<br />
the world’s cardinals gather in secret conclave to<br />
elect a new pope.<br />
Un<strong>der</strong>neath the Vatican Museums’ picture<br />
gallery, a magnificent four-metre-high Flemish<br />
tapestry hangs in the centre of a brightly<br />
lit room. Woven in a Brussels workshop in<br />
1537, The Coronation of the Virgin is one of 300<br />
medieval tapestries in the Vatican collection.<br />
Restorer Laura Pace Morino is working patiently<br />
with a tiny needle to repair fragile threads<br />
that have come loose from the discoloured<br />
masterpiece. “For me it’s more than a job, it’s a<br />
passion,” she says. She and the other highly >
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