Study day

The Galerie des Caraches unveiled

Conclusions of the Caraches ConservArt Project

13.11.2026

The French Academy in Rome - Villa Medici is pleased to host the closing symposium of the Carracci ConservArt project, dedicated to presenting the results of the Franco-Italian research program, launched in 2022 by the French School in Rome and subsequently supported by the National Research Agency (ANR) for the period 2023–2026.

Thanks to the collaboration of numerous French and Italian institutions, the project focused on the material history, production techniques, conservation, and restoration of the Carrachi Gallery. Researchers, conservators, and specialists in conservation science will present the key findings from four years of research dedicated to one of the most important masterpieces in the Farnese Palace.

Program
9:30 a.m. – Institutional speeches

Sam Stourdzé, Director of the French Academy in Rome-Villa Medici (AFR-Villa Medici).
Alessandro Gallicchio, director of the Department of Art History (AFR-Villa Medici).

9:45 a.m. – Presentation of research on the fame of the Carrachi Gallery

Introduction by Rachel George (EPHE).
Jean-Claude Boyer, honorary researcher (CNRS).
Dalma Frascarelli, full professor (ABA Rome), and Floriana Boni, doctoral student (ABA Rome).
Giulia Gabellini, architect (Studio Gatier); Ophélie Grangier, restorer.
Francesco Grisolia, associate professor (Roma 2 Tor Vergata University), Maria Rosaria Sansone, art history curator (Capodimonte Museum, Naples).
Claudio Seccaroni, honorary researcher (ENEA).
Marine Thébaud, Ph.D. candidate (EPHE).

11 a.m. – Roundtable discussion on graffiti

Introduction by Francesca Alberti (National Gallery, London).
Victor Hundsbuckler, curator (Louvre); Vincenzo Mancuso, associate professor (University of Montpellier 3); Paolo Pastorello, conservator; and Raffaella Sarti, associate professor (Carlo Bo University of Urbino).

12:00 p.m. – Presentation and screening of the documentary *Gli amori degli Dèi* by Antonio Farisi (52 min)