
Conservators from the Complesso Monumentale della Pilotta in Parma had to clean the surface of years of grime and carefully remove thick layers of wax and varnish used in previous interventions. The layers had oxidized, darkening the statue and obscuring the details of the fine sculpture. The restoration illuminated Agrippina’s face, and archaeologists were able to see for the first time that the head was made of a block of pure white marble, unlike the rest of the statue which was made from veined marble.


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