MADRID, May 28 — A painting by Italian master Caravaggio, once mistakenly thought to be by an unknown artist and nearly auctioned off for a song, was unveiled at Madrid’s Prado...
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Painted between 1605-1609, the dark, atmospheric canvas depicts a bloodied Jesus wearing a crown of thorns, his hands tied, as he is presented to the crowd by the Roman governor Pontius Pilate just before his crucifixion.Three years ago, a Madrid auction house had been due to put the canvas under the hammer with an opening price of €1,500, mistakenly attributing it to an artist from the circle of 17th-century Spanish painter Jose de Ribera.
Now restored, the old master artwork went on display to the public for the first time Monday in a one-piece exhibition called “The Lost Caravaggio”. It will remain on display for nine months.The exhibition was made possible by the “generosity” of its new owner, who agreed to temporarily lend the work, the museum’s director Miguel Falomir told a news conference on Monday, without revealing who it was.
It was then bequeathed to the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts near Madrid’s central Puerta del Sol before being passed on to Spanish diplomat and later premier Evaristo Perez de Castro in 1823. “All the Caravaggio specialists are in agreement which means we are certain that this is a painting by the great master of this period,” he said.Art historians use various methods to determine the legitimacy of an artwork, including forensic examination of the canvas and paint to determine its age, the technology and styles of the era it was created in, and the techniques of the artist or their students.
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