Unattributed — The Art of Rediscovery

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UnattributedThe Art of Rediscovery

Salvator Mundi, attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1500

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Chanteur Spirituelle — Carrie Stubbs, 1927

Chanteur Spirituelle, Charleston 1927

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Caroline “Carrie” McKeever Stubbs

1905 Edinburgh – 1990 Switzerland

A newly discovered 1927 painting recovers the story of Carrie Stubbs — from Edinburgh to Charleston and Lake Geneva.

Carrie Stubbs
The Waderé daughters in their father's atelier — Friedrich Wirnhier, 1907

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The Waderé Daughters

Friedrich Wirnhier · 1868–1952 · Private Collection

A Munich painter portrays a sculptor’s daughters in their father’s studio, surrounded by his own work — a painting as biography.

Object
Porträt der Töchter von Heinrich Waderé im Bildhaueratelier — oil on canvas, 1907
Documented
Bayerisches Nationalmuseum: photographs of both sitters; the family arms in glass

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Maker unknown — head study of a youth, Munich school

Munich SchoolHead of a Youth. Maker unknown.

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