The masterpiece masterpiece has long been discovered in Pompery
The recent scientific analysis of the mysterious painting, which was suspended in a church in Pompery for centuries, revealed that by the Renaissance master Andrea Mantna. Photography of Christ’s proportions of the cross, the masterpiece in the Vatican Museums in Rome from March 20.
Although only the wonderful re -discovery of this week was announced, the plate was assigned to Mantegna for the first time a few years ago. “The process of restoring the iconic and technical details that confirm the composition of Mangna, as she returned to the history of art, a masterpiece that was believed to be lost,” said Barbara Gata, director of the Vatican Museums.
Mantina The deposit of Christ He heard the last time in the sixteenth century, when he described it as a human napoli in the letter 1524 as “a painting, where our Lord raises the cross and placed it in a cloth, in the hands of Manthna, which, as you know better than our rest, has great respect for the paint, and given that the bad guys have been renewed.”
The work was registered as suspended in the Basilica San Dominico Magor in Naples. After this time, I lost.
A picture of Andrea Mantna by an unknown artist. Image: Getty Images.
Meanwhile, the painting that was ignored in mysteries for years was in the blessed virgin haven in the pink, a Cathedral in Pompeii. He was in a very bad condition and prey fell to some failed restoration attempts, including extreme excess.
However, when a picture was published in an online database, the local art historian Stefano de Merry, a professor at the University of Ursula Bennankasa in Napoli, was published. It was the first theory that the painting might be our original manga.
In order to get a second opinion, Bishop of the Pompei Tomaso Kapoto caught the attention of the Vatican Museums in March 2022. These experts have studied cloth closely with the portable UV lamp.
“We immediately understood that under the layers of re -painting an extraordinary graphic material that was hidden,” Gata recalls. The “Vatican Museum” machine started, with diagnostic investigations, research and restoration.
Outside from Vantican Pinacoteca in Vatican Museums. Photo: John Grimm, via Getty Images.
The restoration was held in an internal laboratory under the supervision of the main translator of museums, Francesca Bergati. Meanwhile, the tests and analysis were directed by Fabio Morisi from the Council of Ministers for Scientific Research. His team confirmed, “Without a doubt,” authored by Mantegna, according to an official press statement.
“Scientific analysis and restoration showed that the work is not a copy, but rather an original plate,” said Fabrizio Bevalies, “Fabrizio Bivaly.” “Her icon is associated with Renaissance models and a classic model of models, with references to ancient times that make her unique in Mangna production.”
It is still unknown why The deposit of Christ It was transferred from a church in Naples to the Pompeiite Cathedral. There are two well -known copies of work.
Manthna was born in the Republic of Venice in 1431 and died in 1506. He may be famous for contributing to the revival of ancient times in the Renaissance in Italy and the murals he produced during his work as an artist to the Manta Court.
“Mantegna of Pompeii Vatican Penakotica For three months from March 20. You will then return to the blessed virgin haven in the pink in Pompeii.
