(ANSA) - FLORENCE, MAY 31 - The triptych depicting the Stories of Lazarus, Martha and Mary, made by the 15th century French painter Nicolas Froment (1430-1486) returns, after almost 200 years, from the Uffizi to the Bosco ai Frati monastery in San Piero a Sieve (Florence) which had guarded it for centuries.
This is foreseen by the Terre degli Uffizi program, promoted by the Uffizi Galleries and the Cr Firenze Foundation.
It is an altarpiece, dated 1461, which was removed from the convent of Bosco ai Frati with the Napoleonic suppressions in 1841 and brought to the Gallery of statues and paintings.
Alcentro depicts Jesus resurrecting Lazarus by pronouncing the words 'Lazare veni foras', written in gold letters.
The Risen One rises from the tomb, under the gaze of the sisters Marta and Maria, whose faces are wet with tears.
The scene in which Martha goes to meet Jesus to warn him of the death of her brother, illustrated in the left-hand door, precedes the miracle.
In the other door, Mary pays homage to Jesus by anointing his feet.
The exhibition, from May 31 to November 6, is organized by the Mountain Union of Municipalities of Mugello in collaboration with the Municipality of Scarperia San Piero a Sieve and with the Convent of Bosco ai Frati.
For the director of the Uffizi, Eike Schmidt, "the triptych with the Resurrection of Lazarus was itself the subject of a resurrection, so to speak, thanks to the restoration of a few years ago generously financed by the Amici degli Uffizi. Immediately after an exhibition at the Uffizi documenting its recovery, due to the works in progress at the museum and waiting for its new layout, the painting was back in the deposits. The exhibition now in Bosco ai Frati is an opportunity for many to admire the restored work for the first time, then briefly exhibited and not yet included in the itinerary of the Florentine museum ".
The president of the Cr Firenze Foundation, Luigi Salvadori, reminded us that this is the "fourth stage of this fascinating journey to discover or rediscover lesser-known treasures of our territory".
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