Francesca Persegati

Francesca Persegati is Senior Lecturer in Fine Arts at the Rome Campus. She is a master conservator in the Vatican Museums Conservation Laboratory. She graduated with honors at the Istituto Centrale del Restauro in Rome. Since 1981, she has been involved in a wide range of conservation projects: frescoes, stucco decorations, and paintings on canvas, panels, and fabric. She has also specialized in restoration and preservation of gypsum casts. She has served as a consultant for temporary exhibitions. She is the author of articles and handbooks on conservation. She worked directly on most of the conservation projects that are covered in her course.