About the Author

Gianni Maimeriorn, born in 1884 in Varano (Varese), trained in Milano and Venezia. He held is first exhibition in 1918, followed by many others solo and group exhibitions. Painter and businessman he founded a firm that is still a worldwide leader in producing pigments for artists from all over the world. Maimeri died in 1951 in Milan. Sandro Baroni is a restorer and expert in the history of artistic techniques. He taught in Fine Arts Academies e at the University of Bologna and now holds seminars at the Politecnico of Milano. Baroni is the author of numerous publications on literary sources of information on Medieval and Renaissance artistic techniques.