Lorenzo Lotto: Madonna delle Grazie
New Attribution of a painting from the State Hermitage Museum Collection

On 8 December 2007 ã., on the International Friends of the Hermitage Day, in the Apollo Hall the picture Madonna delle Grazie by Venetian artist Lorenzo Lotto was put on display. The authorship of this painting has only recently been established by its custodian Irina Artemieva, Doctor of Art History, and a senior researcher at the West European Art Department of the State Hermitage Museum. The restoration of the painting by Lorenzo Lotto was carried out in the State Hermitage's Laboratory for the Scientific Restoration of Easel Painting (the laboratory directory is Vicktor Korobov) by artist and restorer Serguey Kiselev.

In the process of restoring the painting after removing later stains and additions it was possible to discover the true author composition, and now we can confirm that the painting which is before the public today is that very same Madonna delle Grazie that was painted by Lorenzo Lotto in Venice at the start of 1542.

After the temporary exhibition the Lorenzo Lotto's Madonna delle Grazie will take its place in the permanent exhibition of Renaissance Venetian painting.

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At the ceremony of the exhibition

At the exhibition