Philosophia
December 28th, 2008, 07:47 PM
Angels uncovered in 350-year-old painting
Little was known about A Portrait of a Lady and a Boy with Pan by John Hayls, the Baroque painter, when it was aquired by the Tate in 1995.
But a stencilled lot number on the canvas was found to refer to a Christie's sale in 1929, when the artwork - dated 1655-9 - had been described as "Portrait of Mrs Dobson, of West Peckham, Kent, and her son, Thomas Dobson, in a landscape with Satyr and Cupids".
From here (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/3980652/Angels-uncovered-in-350-year-old-painting.html).
:foh: I wonder what else can be found in some other older paintings.
Little was known about A Portrait of a Lady and a Boy with Pan by John Hayls, the Baroque painter, when it was aquired by the Tate in 1995.
But a stencilled lot number on the canvas was found to refer to a Christie's sale in 1929, when the artwork - dated 1655-9 - had been described as "Portrait of Mrs Dobson, of West Peckham, Kent, and her son, Thomas Dobson, in a landscape with Satyr and Cupids".
From here (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/3980652/Angels-uncovered-in-350-year-old-painting.html).
:foh: I wonder what else can be found in some other older paintings.