Greek?

Greek?

Here a supposedly original Kourous, now at the MET in New York. This is one of the earliest marble statues of a human figure carved in Attica. The rigid stance, with the left leg forward and arms at the side, was derived from Egyptian art. The pose provided a clear,...
The ‘Madonna della Palma’

The ‘Madonna della Palma’

A Raphael? No! A complete forgery that however, no longer than 40 years ago fooled Cesare Brandi and many other scholars, as well as the Central Institute for Restoration, with its scientific investigations. Many but not all. The attribution was strongly...