found an unknown portrait by Velasquez
In London, among the paintings of British artist Matthew Shepersona (Matthew Shepperson, 1785-1874) was discovered by an unknown portrait by Spanish painter Diego Velazquez XVII century. About this newspaper The London Evening Standard.
In August 2010, the picture was taken in the capital Shepersona UK auction Bonhams, where experts immediately noticed that one blade is very different from the others in the technique of execution, and speculated that it could be written by Velasquez. After this picture was taken off the auction, and the head office of Bonhams contacted experts from Madrid and Dublin, who, after studies proved the authorship of the Spaniard.
The site Bonhams reported that an unknown male portrait will be auctioned works of old masters, which will be held on December 7. The auction house estimates the painting of 2,2-3,4 million Euros. Head of Bonhams Old Master Andrew Mackenzie (Andrew Mackenzie) expressed confidence that the picture will cause a stir, because such discoveries occur "once in a lifetime."
Despite the fact that the person posing no significant installed, been suggested that Velazquez could portray Juan Mateos, manager of the royal hounds.
Pictures Shepersona went under the hammer in August last year. According to the publication, every job in the British estimated 350 thousand euros. Art historians have suggested that the painting of Velasquez was among the collection Shepersona not by chance - perhaps a British artist collected the works of art. The current owner of the picture, who inherited the work Shepersona, wished to remain anonymous.
The last time the work of Velasquez was sold at auction in 2006. At the moment there were only four paintings of Spanish artist, who are from private individuals.
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