Michelangelo's 'First Painting' bought
November 19, 2009
The Kimbell Art Museum will soon be the merely US museum to exhibit a Michelangelo painting subsequent to acquiring his earliest identified work, a uncommon treasure that was tucked away and doubted as authentic for more than a century.
The museum declined to disclose how much it paid for "The Torment of Saint Anthony," a 15th century oil and tempera painting on a wood panel that depicts scaly, horned, winged demons trying to pull the saint out of the sky. Experts believe he painted it when he was only 12 or 13 years old.
Only four such works including this one by the artist exist, and two of them are unfinished. Most of his paintings are frescoes, the famous scenes on the ceiling and wall of Rome's Sistine Chapel.
The painting will be displayed at the Kimbell starting this fall after a summer exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Lee said he may loan the painting to other museums later for traveling exhibits.
Labels: frescoes, Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Michelangelo painting, museums
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