Rosanna Caterina Proto Pisani

Officer of the Superintendence of Florence since 1979, she worked for many years in a wide area belonging to this Province (Chianti, Valdelsa, Valdarno Inferiore), where she founded different sacred art museums (Castelfiorentino, Certaldo, Fucecchio, San Casciano, Impruneta, Tavarnelle, Greve), and reorganized the Museo della Collegiata in Empoli. She was director of the Museum of Palazzo Davanzati, of Chiostro dello Scalzo, of Cenacolo di Sant’Apollonia and of Cenacolo di ‘Fuligno’, she followed important restoration works (Masolino, Pontormo, Andrea del Castagno, etc.), and she took care of various exhibitions, including Pontormo in Empoli and Jacopo from Empoli.
She wrote scientific essays on different magazines, for example «Bollettino d’Arte», «Prospettiva», «Arte Cristiana», and she published some monographs, including: Il Museo di Santa Maria all’Impruneta, La tradizione fiorentinadei Cenacoli, San Martino a Gangalandi.

Curated by Rosanna Caterina Proto Pisani