{"id":55666,"date":"2026-10-13T11:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T09:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.associazionegiovanniseccosuardo.it\/archive-antonio-benigni\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T11:03:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T09:03:00","slug":"archive-antonio-benigni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.associazionegiovanniseccosuardo.it\/en\/archive-antonio-benigni\/","title":{"rendered":"Archive Antonio Benigni"},"content":{"rendered":"

Type<\/strong>: Professional archive<\/p>\n

Arrangement and structure:<\/strong>
\nAn analysis of the organisation of the documents suggests that the restorer intended to create files, each containing separately all the documents relating to individual restoration projects, with the aim of arranging his records according to a logical system that largely reflected the requirements of his professional activity.
\nThe fonds has been rearranged and inventoried, and a printed inventory is available for consultation.<\/p>\n

Creator:<\/strong> Antonio Benigni (Bergamo, 1939; Bergamo, 2026)<\/p>\n

Biographical note:<\/strong>
\nAntonio Benigni was born in Bergamo on 24 January 1939.
\nFrom an early age, he demonstrated a passion for art and began his first encounters with the art world in the workshop of the painter Albano Pressato, on Via Piccinini, where he remained for three months. He subsequently attended decorative arts courses at the Andrea Fantoni School of Art for three years and, in 1954, joined the workshop of the Taragni brothers, with whom he collaborated on important projects. <\/p>\n

In 1955, he began working in Mauro Pellicioli\u2019s workshop in the upper town of Bergamo. From the following year onwards, he accompanied Pellicioli to Venice and other cities where the master was called upon to work. At the time, Pellicioli was regarded as the leading figure in the field of restoration. In 1963, after completing his military service, Benigni spent several months in the capital, where he came into contact with restorers from Bergamo who had been working at the Central Institute for Restoration (Istituto Centrale del Restauro) since 1939, following Mauro Pellicioli\u2019s appointment as chief restorer. This brought him closer to the scientific approach to restoration advocated by the Institute. He subsequently worked on the restoration of the Gallery of Hercules in the Palace of the Princes of Monaco in Monte Carlo. Upon returning to Bergamo, he opened his own restoration studio at 80 Via Pignolo. On 17 June 1963, he was registered with the Bergamo Chamber of Commerce as a paintings restorer. <\/p>\n

In 1970, he moved to a larger studio on Viale Vittorio Emanuele and increasingly specialised in the restoration of paintings.
He began receiving numerous commissions from both public and private bodies in Bergamo and many other cities throughout Lombardy.
In the same year, he was officially appointed to oversee the conservation of the Accademia Carrara Art Gallery. In 1977, he was appointed president of the newly established Consorzio Artigiani Restauratori (Consortium of Artisan Restorers), which operated until 1986, working both for the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo, where it was based, and for other public institutions, including the Pinacoteca di Brera. Within the Consortium, he worked alongside the restorers Minerva Tramonti, Ezio Bartoli and Gian Andrea Maggi. He subsequently continued his collaboration with the art gallery in its new laboratory, established within the Accademia Carrara, together with Delfina Fagnani Sesti and Alberto Sangalli, while maintaining contacts with private collectors to provide consultancy, expert assessments and restoration services for works of art.
Among his most significant restoration projects were the work on Bergognone\u2019s polyptych in the Church of Santo Spirito and the restoration of the painting by Lorenzo Lotto held in the parish church of Serina. The last interventions documented in his archive date back to 2006.
In 2010, he was appointed president of the Associazione Restauratori Bergamaschi (Association of Restorers of Bergamo). In the following years, he continued to provide consultancy services in the field of painting restoration for various clients until his death on 29 January 2026, at the age of 87. <\/p>\n

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RES.I Database \u2013 Restorer record Antonio Benigni<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Date range of the archive:<\/strong> 1959\u20132006<\/p>\n

Type and date of acquisition<\/strong>: Donation \u2013 4 September 2006<\/p>\n

Access:<\/strong>
\nThe fonds is subject to a legal restriction on account of its particularly significant historical interest. A request for consultation must therefore be submitted in advance to the Archival and Bibliographic Superintendency of Lombardy (Soprintendenza Archivistica e Bibliografica della Lombardia) using the appropriate form.
\nThe fonds may be consulted during the Association\u2019s opening hours, subject to a written request sent by email to
asri@associazionegiovanniseccosuardo.it<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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