Cathleen Hoeniger is Associate Professor of Art History at Queen's University in Canada. The author of numerous journal articles and book chapters, she has recently contributed to Conservation: Principles, Dilemmas and Uncomfortable Truths and The Cambridge Companion to Raphael. She is also the author of The Renovation of Paintings in Tuscany, 1250-1500 (Cambridge University Press, 1995).
1. An introduction to the history of restoring Raphael's paintings; 2. The
reception of Raphael, with a focus on the Vatican Stanze; 3. The history of
damage and restoration to Raphael's Stanze and the restoration of the
Loggia of Psyche in 1693-5; 4. The French king's Raphaels, 1750-1792; 5.
The English reception and restoration of Raphael's cartoons, c.1525-1800;
6. Changing ownership at a time of war: the movement of seventeen paintings
by Raphael during the Napoleonic era; 7. Raphael's great altarpieces in
Paris and Dresden, 1801-1828; 8. 'Heritage preservation', the establishment
of national galleries, and the restoration of Raphael in nineteenth-century
Italy; 9. Attention to detail in the study and preservation of Raphael's
art during the nineteenth century; 10. Conclusion: meticulous research,
revelatory cleanings, and the rediscovery of a lost Raphael.
