Restorers discovered an unknown painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
 

The restorers discovered an unknown painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

24/09/201002: 04

MOSCOW, September 24 - RIA Novosti. The Prado Museum in Madrid has identified a previously unknown painting of the great painter Pieter Brueghel the Netherlands-terrible (about 1525-1569 years.), Thus the amount of his famous paintings has increased to 41, reports Agence France Press referring to the Minister of Culture of Spain Ángeles González-Sind.

The painting is called "Wine on the occasion of St. Martin" (Le vin a la fete de Saint-Martin).

Size of picture 148 to 270.5 inches, making it one of the largest-sized paintings of the artist, said the agency. Representatives of the Prado painting described as "something akin to the Tower of Babel, consisting of drinking wine people."

The museum is currently in talks with unnamed owners of paintings about the possibility of its acquisition.

The Minister said on Thursday that the Prado has "significant opportunities in regard to the purchase of works of art." According to Gonzalez-Sind, who called the discovery "an event of extraordinary importance" and its current owners, would prefer that the picture has become part of the state of Spanish collections, and not found outside the country or be sold to private collectors. "

The museum has not reported on the price of the proposed acquisition of the canvas.

Museum staff have been working on the restoration of the painting in February of this year and were able to determine the authorship of Bruegel the Elder by X-rays will reveal the artist's signature, said the agency.

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