Tondo de Bres for a million pounds

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The painting, known as Tondo de Bresse (de Brécy Tondo), which some experts believe the prototype "Sistine Madonna" by Raphael, will be sold at auction on the internet. This is reported auction organizers on the film's website. The starting price will be of a million pounds sterling. The auction will take place on June 21 at eight o'clock in the evening, Moscow time.

His proof that the medallion de Bres Raphael gave in 2004 Professor Howell Edwards of the University of British city of Bradford. He analyzed the colors and patterns found among them massicot (lead oxide), which is found in the works of artists to the XVII century. The glue used in the study were based on vegetable starch, which is typical of Renaissance painters. In addition, in several places the picture noticeable draft changes, which is not characteristic of copies of pictures, and many of the techniques of drawing the image is characterized by Raphael.

Work on the attribution of Tondo were going for 30 years. Prior to that it was in the home collection resident of Wales and hung over her fireplace. She got the picture from an ancestor - responsible for the art treasurer of Queen Henrietta Maria of France. Monogram Queen is also present in the picture.

"Sistine Madonna" by Raphael created at the beginning of XVI century by order of Pope Julius II. In 1754 it bought the Polish King August III and moved to Dresden, where she remained until the Second World War. During the war the painting was evacuated to Switzerland and subsequently captured by Soviet troops. After the war, it was exhibited in Moscow's Pushkin Museum, and in 1955 was returned to Germany as a sign of friendship.
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