Maurizio Seracini

Maurizio Seracini (born 16 December 1946) is an Italian engineer and art diagnostician known for applying scientific imaging and engineering technologies to the study, authentication, and conservation of artworks. He is the founder of Editech, a Florence-based center for the scientific analysis of cultural heritage, and is widely known for his long-running investigation into Leonardo da Vinci's lost mural The Battle of Anghiari. which has been the subject of significant controversy within the art community. In 2012, he reported that he had located the mural behind Giorgio Vasari's Battle of Marciano in Val di Chiana using high-frequency, surface-penetrating radar. While Seracini's theory was confirmed by an investigation authorized by the city council of Florence and the Italian Minister of Culture at the time, later evidence against the continued existence of this mural was presented by 25 interdisciplinary experts, whose findings were published in 2018.

Seracini is also notable for his multi-spectral diagnostic work on Leonardo's Adoration of the Magi which informed major restoration treatments carried out in 2016 by the Opificio delle pietre dure.

Since 2018, Seracini has been collaborating with art investment entities in the Middle East, including Majestic Arts based in Dubai.