Museum of Fine Arts Montreal acquires Lavinia and Prospero Fontana

December 21 2024

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Picture: Instagram via @robsmeetsgallery

Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:

The dealers Rob Smeets Gallery have announced on their Instagram account that the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts has acquired the following Presentation of the Virgin by Lavinia and Prospero Fontana.

A quick Google shows that the work was offered as 'Italian Sacred Painter 18th Century' at a minor auction house in Germany (albeit with a rather over painted sky) back in 2020 where it made 1,100 EUR over its 500 EUR starting price.