Painting by Flemish artist Anthony Van Dyck discovered in Switzerland
A 400-year-old painting by the Flemish Baroque artist Anthony van Dyck, thought to have been lost, has turned up in Switzerland.
The work is an oil painting measuring 61cm by 48.2cm called Virgin and Child. It was painted in 1625 and belongs to a private collector from the Swiss canton of Ticino.
Laboratory analysis carried out by the University of Bologna in April and May has now confirmed its authenticity. The painting depicts the Virgin Mary with the Child Jesus on her knees.
Art historians say the painting is one of only three works by Van Dyck on the subject
Art historians say it's one of only three works by Van Dyck on the subject. The other two are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and in the collection of Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina.
Van Dyck was born in Antwerp in 1599 and died in London in 1641. After successes in the Spanish Netherlands and Italy, he became the leading court painter in England. In February, a self-portrait by Van Dyck sold for 2.43 million dollars, or 2.2 million euros, at Sotheby's auction house in New York.
#FlandersNewsService | © Virgin and Child with Saint Catherine of Alexandria, a painting by Anthony van Dyck on display in the Metropolitan Museum of Art © PHOTO METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART / ALBUM ARCHIVO
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