Maurizio Seracini

Maurizio Seracini is a diagnostician of Italian art. A '73 UCSD Alumus, graduated in bioengineering from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), he founded, in 1977, the first company in Italy for diagnostic and non-destructive analyses on art and architecture, the Editech srl, Diagnostic Center for Cultural Heritage in Florence.^[1] Adapting technologies from the medical and military fields and other technical measuring instruments he has made possible diagnostics of art and search for art without destroying the artwork itself.

Seracini has been well known for his search for the Leonardo da Vinci mural, The Battle of Anghiari in the Salone dei Cinquecento, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence and for his diagnostic survey on Da Vinci's Adoration of the Magi.

References

• Editech srl, Diagnostic Center for Cultural Heritage
• Da Vinci Decoded
• The Times, On the trail of the lost Leonardo
• See the full presentation by Florence.tv that show Leonardo's true work hidden within the Adoration of Magi discovered by Prof. Seracini