"Rembrandt under water"

[John Preston]

Recently came across this article ...
Does anyone know what the outcome of the story? >


A very valuable find today rests on the bottom of the Gulf of Finland. Along the coast of Finland, was found sunk in October 1771 sailing "Frau Maria", who drove to Catherine II 27 paintings of Dutch masters (among them - paintings by Rembrandt.) The value of cargo, according to preliminary estimates - more than 1.5 billion euros!

Catherine, as you know, I knew a lot about painting. For the Winter Palace, she ordered in the Netherlands of the best masters not only of the time, but in earlier periods, having laid out for them, even the huge money in those days. For example, for the work of artist Gerard Dou was paid 15,000 guilders (at current prices - EUR 500 million). Masterpieces were sealed in a lead tube with wax sealed cover. Critics hope that this will protect the paintings from destruction.

In addition to paintings on board were porcelain, bronzes and barrels of gold coins. But on the way got a ship in a storm and sank. The Empress even sent an expedition to rescuing the goods but at the time the 41-meter depth was not available to them.

On the ship, no one remembered, until 10 years ago, Finnish divers have found perfectly preserved in salted water craft. Russia did not show him any interest, and valuable cargo went to Finland. By law, all that lay within Suomi over a hundred years, belongs to the State. Although it is known that the goods belonged to the Russian Empire, and indeed at that time Finland was part of it.

Fortunately, the Finns decided to "share" with Russia, and jointly raise the vessel. Salvage operation began only this year. Will ship up entirely or only divers will extract the precious cargo, it is not clear. But if all goes well, this will be the most expensive in the history of underwater catch.

[Кирилл Сызранский]

Сообщение от John Preston

Does anyone know what the outcome of the story?
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And it was over?

About it was like something on the forum topic.
And, apparently, not one.
I remember that discussed the safety of canvases, placed in a sealed lead-acid tubes.

[Eriksson]

Dives to the ship will begin July 4.

All the details of the detection of the ship and the history of diving watch here:


http://vrouwmariavedenalla.wordpress.com/


http://www.nba.fi/sv/skydd_uv_vm


http://www.dykarna.nu/dyknyheter/und...aria-1189.html


Sites in Finnish and Swedish, but it is quite amenable Google-translation.

[Eriksson]

C on his part the president of the charity fund " salvation of national cultural and historical values," Artyom Tarasov told journalists that Russian experts plan to raise the ship for two months and for " so " - a crane and divers

This is the same Artyom Tarasov, one of the first kooperativschikov ?
Hmm ... Goat - cabbage. In a figurative and literal senses.

[Wladzislaw]

Сообщение от Eriksson

This is the Artem Tarasov

Apparently, this is the one who pushed the " Little Crown of the Russian Empire " >

[Allena]

Сообщение от Eriksson

"for so»

I'm afraid to come out of the state's expensive if Artyom Tarasov takes to do something "for nothing."

[uriart]

Allena, I beg your pardon!

And who is actually going to do "for fun"?

And where do they do "for so"?

Do not be naive.

Each has its benefits.

Everywhere and always.

Just hide behind pretty words.

[Allena]

Сообщение от uriart

And who is actually going to do "for fun "?!

So here I am exactly the same about this, uriart!
I am afraid that the role of "taka" was not the whole "catch" these disinterested.

[Konstantin]

Explain who Qusay, could survive as a picture?
Rolled into a tube and vacuum packed in spetstaru?
It should be just as a precaution, it is the practice of shipping was?

[Eriksson]

Finnish website of the National Board of Antiquities said that the prince Galitsin bought for Catherine paintings and works of art at auction in Amsterdam. Total 313 items were sold , but which of them bought Galitsin - is unknown.
There is information , however, that it had bought a triptych by Gerard Dou tree /Gerard Dou (1748-1771), copied in his time Willem Joseph Laquy, but it is unlikely he was tightly packed and in the best case, the painting could survive only fragments. Total on board is unusual and should be 11 paintings on wood. What tapes zinc tubes for paintings, then , as they say the Finns, and there is not yet any certainty that they were completely seal the .