Meleager and Atalanta (Jordaens, 1620-1650)

Meleager and Atalanta is a 1620-1623 painting by Jacob Jordaens, now in the Museo del Prado in Madrid.[1]

A previously-unknown study on panel for the painting was identified in the Swansea Museum by Bendor Grosvenor (using the Art UK website) as part of the British BBC4 television programme Britain's Lost Masterpieces Conservation treatment was carried out by Simon Rollo Gillespie to repair the damaged panel and remove layers of disguising overpaint.[2] The discovery was made at a time when the Museum's future was threatened by budget cuts.[3] Its value is estimated at £3 million.[4]

He also painted an earlier work on the subject of Meleager and Atalanta.

References
  1. "Meleagro y Atalanta - Colección - Museo Nacional del Prado". museodelprado.es. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
  2. Grosvenor, Bendor (26 September 2016). "New BBC series uncovers a lost masterpiece in Swansea Museum". Art UK.
    - "Jacob Jordaens painting discovered at Swansea Museum". Apollo. 26 September 2016.
    - "£3m masterpiece found in Swansea Museum storeroom". BBC News. 26 September 2016.
  3. https://www.apollo-magazine.com/jacob-jordaens-painting-discovered-at-swansea-museum/
  4. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-37470659
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