Rubens Painting Cast Off by Metropolitan Museum as a Copy Authenticated as Real—Oops

A new picture by Peter Paul Rubens, a nonsense of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, was discovered.

Ben van Beneden, Director of Rubenshuis of Antwerp, has released a portrait of a young girl. Perhaps Clara Serena Rubens is genuine, and it is included in the exhibition 's next exhibition "Private Rubens: Masters Shape His Family". Since the Antwerp Museum was the former home and studio of Flemish masters, the show setting makes the display of Rubens' daughter's portrait more symbolic.

This picture is a material unknown before the 1930s and was forced to replicate by Rubens expert Julius Herder in 1947. "

It entered the international city in 1960 and was cataloged by the late Walter Reidec as a copy of Rubens. The portrait was later sold to sell museum acquisition funds during Sazabies' 2013 Masters period.

This auction may be the first sign of this portrait. The price before sale has reached from $ 20,000 to 30,000 dollars, but the canvas is impressive and reached 626,500 dollars.

This picture was purchased by an unpublished London collector who lent to the prince of Liechtenstein for a long time. For his collection in Vienna and Vaduz, the prince already has a portrait of Rubens' suspicious daughter, which dates back to 1616.

The portrait of Clara Serena is not the first work redistributed as a true Rubens recently. The rape of Leucippus daughter who came from the Oslo National Art Museum · architecture · design (1610-1611) in the 1950s is also a copy of what was held in the 1950s. transaction

Rembrandt was also a beneficiary of the recent reassessment, as the self-portrait of the artists of the British National Trust last year was considered to be true.

Of course, attribution can also be done in other ways, like Leonardo da Vinci's Virgin Lock doubting the credibility of children's recent scholarships and bubbleball children of Rembrandt after being stolen 15 That year It was regained. In 1999, only experts were able to return it to the owner.

Another Rubens expert, Katelijne Van der Stighelen, agreed to Van Beneden, but Art News was formerly a former curator at the National Gallery in London and former Rubens expert David Jaffe still reported "suspicious". According to the New York Times, Metropolis is currently investigating this issue.

Portrait of Peter Paul Rubens Young girls will be seen in Rubens' "Private Rubens: Masters Forming His Family" from 28th March - 20th 2015

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The portrait of Clara Serena is not the first work redistributed as a true Rubens recently. The rape of Leucippus daughter who came from the Oslo National Art Museum · architecture · design (1610-1611) in the 1950s is also a copy of what was held in the 1950s. Transactions Of course, affiliation can proceed in the opposite direction, like the Leonardo da Vinci 's Virgin Lock questioning the authenticity of recent scholarships and Rubrant' s soap bubble children. It was collected in 15 years after birth. Only stolen in 1999, experts can return it to the owner