The van Gogh Museum was recognized in the painting "Sunset in Montague" genuine work of the great artist. Formerly this painting was considered a fake. It is noteworthy that re-discovered the work belongs to the best period of van Gogh

In the painting "Sunset in Montague" which is about a hundred years as a fake, recognized the genuine work of Vincent van Gogh. This was announced by Amsterdam's van Gogh Museum. This is the biggest discovery in the creative heritage of the artist over the last 80 years. Less significant findings were, but such valuable paintings belonging to the best period of the artist, not found since the 1930s, when van Gogh was fixed the authorship of paintings "Taraschanskiy diligence" 1888). Now the artist formally attributed to "the decline in Montague" God@

Attribute the "Sunset in Montague" van Gogh helped as modern methods of analysis of paint surfaces and the study of provenance. It turned out that the work comes from the collection of the artist's brother. The number "180" printed on the canvas, the work found in the inventory of the collection of Theo van Gogh. "The decline in Montague" belonged to this congregation until 1901. Then the widow of Theo, Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, sold it to a Parisian art dealer. The one in 1908 resold picture of the Norwegian art collector, and shortly thereafter, "Sunset in Montague" was denied the right to be called a work of van Gogh, announcing a fake. Owner for decades hid the painting in the attic, where it had propylilas until his death in 1970. Then picture again resold — the existing owners, not fisherwomen Seba@

New owners tried to challenge the opinion of experts of the early twentieth century regarding the authorship of the work and carried it to the van Gogh Museum. The first examination took place in 1991, but the positive results it gave: experts again questioned the authenticity of the painting. But the owners are not desperate and a couple of years ago once more brought the painting to the experts in the Museum. And this time, thanks to modern technology, the authorship of the work proved. On the authorship of van Gogh specifies, in particular, the same type of canvas that was used by the artist for at least another work ("Rocks", 1890). In addition, the researchers came to the conclusion that it was the work that Vincent was described in a letter to Theo@

For the next year the owners have provided a picture of the van Gogh Museum for exhibitions. What happened next is unknown. If "Sunset in Montague" will be put up for auction, its price, according to art experts, can reach tens of millions dollarov@

Material was prepared by Maria Onuchin, AI