An exhibition in Rome gives life again to a particular kind of art: that one which in the past has been denied, demeaned or obliterated. Now this art can rise like a phoenix from the rubble to reveal itself once again. The first section of the Roman exhibition is dedicated to the recovery and protection activities carried out by the Carabinieri for the Protection of Cultural Heritage.

It starts with two archaeological finds: a Lucanian krater dated to the 5th-4th century BC and an Etruscan black-figure hydria from the 6th century. Six paintings belonging to the collections of the National Museum of San Matteo in Pisa open the first section of the exhibition. Along with eleven other works, they were entrusted in 2002 to a Tuscan art restorer who, at the end of his conservative restorations, returned only seven of them, selling twelve to art dealers.