(ANSA) - ROME, MARCH 29 - "Master Gianluigi Colalucci passed away tonight. It was he who directed the restoration work on Michelangelo's frescoes in #CappellaSistina, which many considered the restoration of the century. It is thanks to his courage and talent that today the colors of Michelangelo's Vault and Universal Judgment appear in all their dazzling splendor ".
The Vatican Museums announce it on Instagram.
Colalucci was 92 years old.
Director of the works of the monumental restoration of the CappellaSistina, a work to which he contributed extensively in a personal way, Colalucci died last night in Rome. The historic restoration was carried out from 1980 to 1994 and allowed to clean the walls of Michelangelo's most significant work of the layers of smoke, dirt and wax that century after century had ended up obscuring the magnificent colors of the frescoes. (HANDLE).