THE RESTORATION OF THE VILLA

A painstaking restoration lasting 5 years, executed in accordance with the Soprintendenza per i Beni architettonici di Firenze (Superintendent of Architectural Property of Florence), has brought Villa le Maschere back to new life. This came after years of such total abandon that the Italian Ministry for Cultural Property had been compelled to declare the building “irrecuperable”.
All of the restoration work (the detaching, restoring and relocating frescoes, as well as the restoration of woodwork, stone and stuccoes) were executed by Baldassini-Tognozzi-Pontello, employing the best professional artisans and restorers.
Many items were recovered, including the decorative work of Tito Chini; the many stuccoes that decorate the villa; the venetian style floors; the beautiful frescoes by the school of painter Francesco Furini; the two impressive statues of young girls carved by Giovanni Battista Foggini at the end of the seventeenth century that now decorate suite 915 (which is dedicated to the artist); and the beautiful fresco in the church of San Giuseppe (today the Gerini Room).