Friday, December 24th, 2010

Museo del Prado Identifies an Unknown Work by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

September 24, 2010 by All Art News  
Filed under Education & Research, Featured

MADRID.- The Wine of Saint Martin’s Day (glue-size tempera on linen, 148 x 270.5cm, ca.1565-1568) is a previously unknown work by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, the key figure within 16th-century Flemish painting. It has been attributed to the artist by the Museo del Prado following several months of study and the restoration of the painting at the Museum. The Museum now has an advantageous option to purchase the painting and benefits from the support provided by the favourable reports issued [...]