Included the evidence in favor of the fact that the author of large-scale paintings in the collection of Art the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh is Francisco Goya

In the collection of Art the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh since 1965 is a huge canvas on the acts of St. Antonio of Padua. However put it quite rare. However, this may soon change: the late art historian John Williams shortly before his death, gave evidence in favor of the fact that the author of large-scale paintings in the collection of Art the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh is Francisco Goya@

Picture from the collection of Museum of Pittsburgh is very similar to the famous Goya fresco under the dome of the chapel of San Antonio de La Florida in Madrid. Goya finished this mural in the village Church of Charles IV in 1798. After his death his remains were reburied in the chapel of San Antonio@

Canvas from the collection of the Carnegie Museum has long been considered a copy of the Madrid frescoes, but all the critics who made similar conclusions, for tens of years was judged on the canvas only from reproductions. However, John Williams, who have studied the painting with your own eyes, came to the opposite conclusion: the quality and style of writing certainly indicate Goya. In the work of the Carnegie Museum, there are some discrepancies with the mural, which is hard to imagine on a copy, but they easily could have been a preparatory sketch made by hudojnikom@

On the top edge of the canvas there are five holes from the nails. This means that Goya could stretch a canvas under the dome of the chapel, to use as a reference during the writing of frescoes. A painting was strained on a frame after it was finished. If it was about backup — it would immediately wrote on the canvas already stretched on pojemnik@

Material was prepared by Maria Onuchin, AI

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