Reuniting a Masterpiece: David Steel on Ghissi's Altarpiece
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Channel: Portland Art Museum · 2017 · Education
DAVID STEEL, CURATOR OF EUROPEAN ART, NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART For more than 20 years, David Steel has been on a quest: to bring together all of the nine panels that originally formed an altarpiece by the 14th-century artist Francescuccio Ghissi. Eight of the panels are in museum collections, including the Portland Art Museum, but the final panel has never been located. This led Steel to propose a radical solution: Why not re-create the missing panel? Hear more about the journey to reunite this incredible work of art. This lecture was recorded on Sunday, April 2, 2017 at Portland Art Museum's Whitsell Auditorium
