Restoration work has begun in the Cloister of San Giacomo della Marca in Naples . The historic cloister, located on the left side of the church of Santa Maria la Nova in the heart of the Campania capital’s historic center, is about to welcome the project promoted and financed by the management company of the monumental site, San Martino Alberghi srl, and carried out by the Master’s Degree Course in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage of the Suor Orsola Benincasa University under the supervision of the Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio for The City of Naples.
The aim of the project is to conduct a comprehensive intervention on three wall paintings dating back to the 17th century. First and foremost, the restoration will affect the painting depicting the Deposition of Christ, the work located on the counter-façade of the entrance to the cloister and attributed to Simone Papa known as “the Modern” (of whom there are records between 1614 and 1629), an artist who with his master Belisario Corenzio collaborated on the creation of Santa Maria la Nova. The work will also include the restoration of two other wall paintings: a decorative panel placed on the side wall of the building and a portrait depicting Franciscus Quinionius.
