Stories from Conservation – Uncovering the True Story of The Finding of Moses NGV Members Weekend

Sun 20 Sep, 2pm–3pm

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Carl Villis, Senior Conservator of Paintings, tells the remarkable story behind Giambattista Tiepolo’s The Finding of Moses, 1770-1745.

In 1958, the NGV purchased The Finding of Moses as a painting by the Venetian artist Sebastiano Ricci. Following conservation treatment and art historical research, in 2010 the NGV reattributed the painting to the renowned eighteenth-century Venetian painter, Giambattista Tiepolo.

Hear about the intriguing discoveries that the NGV’s research uncovered, making the backstory to this painting one of the most remarkable stories in the NGV Collection.

This talk is part of our Stories from Conservations series, usually offered exclusively to NGV Members. As part of NGV Members Weekend, we are opening this session up for all to attend, giving you a glimpse into some of the unique programs offered to NGV Members.

About the speaker

Carl Villis has more than thirty years of experience in painting conservation in Australia, Italy and the United States. He has worked on many major NGV conservation projects, including paintings by Titian, Tintoretto, Van Dyck, Correggio, Poussin and Tiepolo and has published technical and art historical research on numerous artists represented in the NGV collection. He conducted the research which led to the identification of the NGV’s sixteenth-century portrait of Lucrezia Borgia, and played a key role in the development of MS3 varnish, a museum-grade picture varnish now widely used around the world.

This program is part of NGV Members Weekend, taking place on 19 and 20 September. Discover all that NGV Membership has to offer with two full days of programming, exclusive offers and giveaways, private exhibition viewings and more.

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