A painting dismissed as an imitation of Sandro Botticelli's Madonna Of The Pomegranate has actually turned out to be the real thing.For years it was thought that the smaller version, painted in 1487, was a copy by an unknown artist.
Besides, there were details in it that were slightly different to the larger work and more than a century of yellow varnish concealed the quality of the painting underneath. But the truth about the 15th century masterpiece, which shows Madonna and Christ Child with four angels, was revealed when English Heritage conservators started to clean it.They stripped off the dirt and varnish and used x-rays, infrared and pigment analysis.
Experts at the National Gallery and the Victoria & Albert Museum were also consulted and all of the information pointed to the painting being an original from the famous painter's Florence workshop.
Sometimes, a bit of spring cleaning, or in this case, cleaning dirt & yellow varnish off a painting and then x-raying and infrareding it, can reveal its true nature to the world. Also, they are putting it on display again, April 1. April Fools Day. Though I suspect not for fools.
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