Discoveries

15 Apr 2021

In early 2016, a painting attributed to Vittore Carpaccio was sold at Sothebys in New York. We bought it at an inexpensive price because it looked unattractive due to poor restoration. We were able to see this, and proceeded to clear the picture. During the cleaning process, the signature “Vittore Scarpazo” was found, half lost, […]

7 Apr 2021

One of the most honored icons of Moscow was the miraculous icon of Spas the All-Merciful, for which was built a chapel near the Moskvoretsky Bridge. The icon was located there until 1920, and many believers visited the temple to see it. In 1920, after the beginning of anti religious campaigns, the chapel was closed […]

24 Apr 2021

Arbat Fine Art gallery bought a painting that was considered painted by Battista Dossi and had a very good provenance – from the collection of the Duchess Marie-Caroline de Bourbon. The painting was acquired by the famous Florentine antique dealer Carlo de Carlo 20 years ago. We have made a high-quality restoration of this small […]

10 May 2021

We found a unique Russian icon of the XIIIth century. Very few icons of this period and artistical value have survived to this day. We are happy that we took part in a great scientific discovery. At the moment, this beautiful icon, painted in the “Hodegetria” iconography, is in a private collection.

15 Apr 2021

After the restoration of the Greek icon of the Kardiotissa, we discovered under the layer of restoration a painting of the highest level, which belongs to the hand of the famous Cretan master Andreas Ritzos. This famous artist once inherited an archive with samples of the great Byzantine master Angelos Akotantos. Among other drawings from […]

7 Apr 2021

In the clock tower of Godmother of Iviron in Moscow, that is near the Ressurrection Gates of the Kitai-gorod, in XIX century was located an ancient icon – a copy of Athos’ shrine. It was miraculous, important for Moscow’s culture and for orthodox abitants of this city. Now it is considered to be lost. Arbat […]

7 Apr 2021

Arbat Fine Art Gallery was able to find and restore the Icon of Godmother of Kazan, on which we found a signature of outstanding russian icon painter of XVII-XVII Centuries – Kirill Ulanov. Later attribution confirmed his authorship. Kirill Ulanov’s name stands in the same row as other legendary Icon painters, such as Simon Ushackov, […]