A few days ago I posted about the restoration of Cimabue’s Maesta in advance of a major exhibition, which opens today, about the thirteenth century artist and his importance in the development of Italian and European art.
France 24 has two articles about the exhibition which concentrate on the recent discovery and identification of another work by Cimabue. It was found in 2019 when it was hanging, unregarded on the kitchen wall of a house in Compiegne, and potentially about to be thrown out as rubbish. Spotted as being of possible interest, it was identified and sold to a foreign buyer for €24 million and then, to prevent its export, acquired by the Louvre, I don’t think you would risk that as a plot in a novel these days. Now restored, the painting, The Mocking of Christ, is one of three panels known to survive from an eight part diptych, and is one of the highlights of the new exhibition.
The articles discuss its history, such as it can be recovered, its significance in the history of art, and shows it before and after cleaning, at From kitchen wall to the Louvre: Cimabue show sheds new light on ‘father of Western painting’ and at Long-lost masterpiece ‘the Holy Grail’ for curators and collectors alike
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