(re)creating a ruined fresco

Beforenextafterremnants in context (background still unfinished).
Today I learned that "Here in Italy we say that if someone wants chocolate, you give them chocolate. If they want cream, you give them cream". Yesterday it was "If the boss is happy, everyone is happy". We were all happy... Whew!

(By the way, it isn't true fresco, it's more of a tempera design over stucco).

Today I am grateful for the six solid planks of timber I had under my feet as I craned backwards for this work! (How do the other workers here manage on only two planks?)