A 15th-century altarpiece by Giovanni Bellini in Venice’s vaunted Gallerie dell’Accademia will be restored behind glass—giving viewers a chance to peer in and follow the process—over a two-year period estimated to cost €500,000 (around $580,000). The work will be conducted in what the Gallerie Dell’Accademia described as “a construction site open to the public that will allow visitors to closely follow all the phases of the conservation of this masterpiece.” Painted between 1478 and the late 1480s, the so-called San Giobbe Altarpiece marks “a decisive turning point in the evolution of the Venetian altarpiece, according to the Gallerie dell-Accademia, which has undertaken the restoration in collaboration with the international non-profit Venetian Heritage. (The work’s official title, for the record: Madonna and Child Enthroned with Musician Angels and Saints Francis, John the Baptist, Job, Dominic, Sebastian, and Louis of Toulouse.) Related Articles As reported in Artnet News, the altarpiece was moved from San Giobbe church in the 1810s for an earlier round of restoration after three centuries of wetness put it in peril. Regarding the recent …