The workshops of Piacenti S.p.A cover 2,400 square meters. Divided into laboratories and areas with specific purposes, all of which are equipped with air conditioning, burglar alarm and fire detection plants. Most of this area is served by and overhead weight lifting system that can lift 2’5 tons.
The workshop for paintings on canvas is equipped with an internal laboratory for diagnostics. Paintings of considerable size and abnormal shape may be restored here. Examples of work done are: “The Death of Laocoon” by Filippino Lippi from the Villa Medici at Poggio a Caiano; the “Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew” by Guercino in the Church of San Martino in Siena; the “Madonna with Child” by Vasari the Civic Museum in Arezzo; the “Triptych” fourteenth century by Mariotto di Nardo from the Museum of the Basilica of San Giovanni Valdarno, and “the sermon of St. John the Baptist” by Jacopo Chimenti da Empoli in the Collegiate of San Quirico d’Orcia amongst others.
