A masterpiece of Steward

[SergeiSK]

Department for Culture British newspapers again thrilled: their countryman found a picture that may be the earliest known works of Paul Cézanne. The specialists seem to have learned the master's hand, and is in the air millions of ...

Here's the story in the retelling of the English-speaking journalists. A Briton, who wished to keep the name secret, a few years ago went to an antique store in Northampton, where his attention was drawn to landscape - the image of the river with a footpath, trees and a small house. To be quite honest, the buyer is attracted not so much the painting itself, as its elegant gilded frame. Briton given for the work, as he claims, certainly not more than a hundred pounds, brought home and sent to the attic and forgot about it for awhile.

Again, he drew attention to its acquisition in 2010. Looking at the picture, untitled lucky noticed the signature in the corner that said "Paul Cézanne." Owner signature is compared with Cezanne's autographs, which are found in the album art - and they seem to have been very similar.

Already one it would be enough to bring fortunate buyer in the ecstatic state. However, the picture was also the date - 1854. Paul Cezanne was born in January 1839, in the 1854-meter he was fifteen, he studied at the College Bourbon, along with Emile Zola. This means that the picture may be the earliest known works of the future great Post-Impressionists, which raises its value to the skies.

Throughout this idyll for the owner of the picture there is only one bad moment: in order to ascertain the authorship of Cezanne, one of his enthusiasm a little. To start an anonymous British enlisted the support of Tim Conrad (Tim Conrad), the owner of the auction house Wilfords of Wellingborough. "When a person comes to you and says he brought Cezanne, you usually think 'Yeah, right' - shared with Conrad greedy for sensation newspaper The Daily Mail. - But when I examined the smear in this picture, I realized that it drew a very skillful artist. "

Not only smear reminded experts Sezanne; image itself was largely similar to earlier rural landscape artist. Conrad advised the owner to talk to a competent person, but could not resist the preliminary estimates: "Forty million pounds, if not more, important event in the world of art ". Indeed, one painting by Cezanne is one of ten most expensive works that ever fired from a hammer: in 1999 for still-life pay 38 million pounds, but over the past period the prices on the art market only grew.

However, further to the owner of things went less well. He appealed to members of the National Gallery in the hope that they will confirm his suspicions of the most optimistic. However, they were told that nothing can help. In the picture, bought almost a junk shop, not proved to be extremely valuable in terms of art things: provenance, history changed hands, which could reinforce the version of the authorship of the work. Independently trace provenance for potential Cezanne experts have not taken. And since experts refuse to speak responsibly about the author of the picture, none of it would pay forty million pounds: the question of costs be deferred until better times.

But this is emphatically not satisfied with the unnamed owner of the picture, which is already mentally given part of the proceeds from the sale amount to charity (and do not forget about yourself). He was determined not to surrender and promised to make a (positive) answer to your question in any way. Gore-collector is going to France to seek nature, which is written landscape, hoping thereby to associate the picture with Cezanne. "It's worth a signature! - Hot owner. - Who will attach the logo 'Mercedes' on your bike?" And really, who needs fake Cezanne, wonder vitriolic journalists edition ArtInfo .

Of course, an amazing occurrence with an anonymous resident of Northampton can be regarded as the history of art criticism of the shortcomings of science: the truth, as professionals who receive their money in one of the best museums in the world could not outright say it or not Cezanne Cezanne. However, it seems preferable to treat it as a story about the imperfection of human nature. Of course, why should seek a person living in a world where every two weeks in some newspaper necessarily an article about the found in the attic of a forgotten masterpiece by the great Leonardo (Michelangelo, Raphael, Donatello, the amount in words)? Accidentally bought on sale now - well at least Cezanne (say, a guy who was between impressionism and cubism). Then sell it. And would never work!
Cyril tadpoles

[Dutch]

Not so long ago, the TV news was a story about an American family with under the sofa for many years, lay one of the few paintings by Michelangelo Buonarroti!
Wow!

Continuation was not followed ...

And this story will be repeated with even intervals.

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Сообщение от SergeiSK

"There's also worth signing! - Hot owner. - Who will attach the logo 'Mercedes' on your bike?"

The picture would be here in the attribution of the forum, to wait for the IG reports, sell, the money to buy a bike and ride along the quiet lawns, removing the stress ...


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