Madonna and Child by Anthonis Van Dyck discovered in Ticino
Published: Tuesday, Dec 10th 2024, 14:00
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A painting by the Flemish Baroque painter Anthonis van Dyck (1599-1641) has resurfaced in Ticino. "The Virgin and Child" was created in his workshop four hundred years ago. Then the trace was lost.
The work that has now been found is an oil painting measuring 61 by 48.2 centimetres. Anthonis van Dyck and his assistants painted it around 1625. It has now turned up with a private collector in Ticino.
According to experts, it is part of a cycle of three paintings that all deal with the same theme. The other two works are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and in the collection of Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina.
The work "The Virgin and Child", which has now been found, was examined by the Laboratory for the Analysis of Cultural Property at the University of Bologna together with the Frenchman Pascal Cotte last April and May. They confirmed the initial findings of historians regarding the authenticity of the work. Cotte also became known for his multispectral scans of Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" and "Lady with an Ermine" in 2004 and 2007.
Van Dyck's "The Virgin and Child" shows Mary with the infant Jesus on her lap. The Virgin Mary is depicted in a three-quarter view. She is wearing a red dress with a blue cloak and a brown drape that slides over her left shoulder. The naked child, whose upper body is turned towards his mother, lies on a white cloth, his face nestled against his mother's breast, hidden from the viewer. A landscape can be seen in the background.
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