Metropolitan Museum of Art bought the drawing Lucas van Leyden

[Евгений]

Picture of Lucas van Leyden, Netherlands artist of the first half of the XVI century, bought the New York Metropolitan Museum. He was the only work of this master of the Northern Renaissance in the United States, writes The New York Times. The amount of the transaction is unknown, but in the directorate of the museum explained that the purchase had been held a private fund.

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The figure depicts the archangel Gabriel in the typical manner of Lucas van Leyden, in particular, he has a very individual appearance, and draperies and other small parts are made very carefully. On the back page bears the signature "L van Leyden". Art critics believe that the "Archangel Gabriel" - a work held by the Berlin "Virgin". Together the two form a picture story of the Annunciation, and, apparently, they were sketches for stained glass.

Picture of Lucas van Leyden was found under unusual circumstances. He discovered some little-known collector in the album of the British artist William Frederick Uizeringtona. The album has sold at auction in London, and in the catalog picture was labeled "the work done by another hand." The new owner soon gave way to "Archangel" to another collector, who saw the signature on the back and sent the picture on the expertise in Amsterdam Riyksmyuseum. They confirmed that the "Archangel Gabriel" - genuine.

Luke Leiden survived a total of 27 drawings and a little more than two dozen paintings (one is kept in the Hermitage: the triptych "The Healing of Jericho a blind man"). Much more preserved engravings, etchings and woodcuts of the artist.

I wonder what the cost picture?