New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art Determines Painting by Velázquez is Authentic
December 22, 2010 by All Art News
Filed under Education & Research, Featured
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Experts at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art have determined that a 1624 portrait previously attributed to a follower of the Spanish painter Velazquez was done by the master himself. The museum said the portrait of King Philip IV, which went on display on Tuesday, is authentic, reversing a 1973 finding that it had been done by an assistant to Velazquez. The experts reached their conclusion after removing paint and varnish that had had been added to the [...]