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Museo delle Sinópie
This
museum
(Piazza dei Miracoli; combination ticket Battistero, Camposanto, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo &
Museo delle Sinópie 1/2/3/4 sights €5/7/8/9, reduced €3/4/5/6; 10am-4.30pm Jan-Feb & Nov-Dec, 9am-5.30pm
Mar, 8am-7.30pm Apr-Sep, 9am-6.30pm Oct)
safeguards several
sinópie
(preliminary sketches)
drawn by artists in red-earth pigment on the walls of the Camposanto in the 14th and
15th centuries before frescoes were painted over them. It offers a compelling study in
fresco painting technique, with short films and scale models filling in the gaps.
