Contentious Caravaggios emerge from the royal storeroom
For centuries, two paintings in the Royal Collection lay in the dusty storerooms of Hampton Court after experts dismissed them as worthless imitations of Caravaggio's masterpieces.
The experts were wrong. This week, those works will emerge out of storage where they were obscured by varnish and dirt, to be triumphantly displayed to the public. [A spokeswoman for the Royal Collection said the two Caravaggios would appear in public for the first time since confirmation of their authenticity.]
For The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew andA Boy Peeling Fruit are in fact authentic paintings by the Italian Baroque master.
Art historians spent six years studying the paintings, which are estimated to be worth more than £50m. Finally, they were identified as originals last year. In total there are only 50 surviving canvases by the 17th century artist...
The paintings will form part of The Art of Italy exhibition which opens at the Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace on Friday.
The show will be the first of Italian art from the Royal Collection for more than four decades and will bring together 90 paintings and 85 drawings from royal palaces and residences. Among the items on show will be drawings by Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael and Michelangelo.
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The experts were wrong. This week, those works will emerge out of storage where they were obscured by varnish and dirt, to be triumphantly displayed to the public. [A spokeswoman for the Royal Collection said the two Caravaggios would appear in public for the first time since confirmation of their authenticity.]
For The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew andA Boy Peeling Fruit are in fact authentic paintings by the Italian Baroque master.
Art historians spent six years studying the paintings, which are estimated to be worth more than £50m. Finally, they were identified as originals last year. In total there are only 50 surviving canvases by the 17th century artist...
The paintings will form part of The Art of Italy exhibition which opens at the Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace on Friday.
The show will be the first of Italian art from the Royal Collection for more than four decades and will bring together 90 paintings and 85 drawings from royal palaces and residences. Among the items on show will be drawings by Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael and Michelangelo.