Lost and Found Art

Emerging from Obscurity: Georges de La Tour’s Musicians’ Quarrel: a painting by an artist who has achieved extraordinary fame after having been forgotten or ignored for almost three centuries

Murder, Caravaggio and T
he Taking of Christ: the Irish rediscovery of a lost masterpiece


The rescue of the fabulous lost library of Deir al-SurianThe momentous rescue of what has been described as one of the greatest libraries in Christendom, from the desolate wastes of the Egyptian Desert

Lost masterpieces of Egyptian art from the Nebamun tomb-chapel: a story of survival, censorship and adaptation 


The Sphinx of Delft: the astonishing twists and turns in the reputation of the celebrated 17th century Dutch artist Jan Vermeer 

Bernardo Bellotto and the reconstruction of Warsaw: how a hidden cache of 18th century artworks provided a blueprint for the resurrection of a destroyed city

The surprising discovery of an early graphic novel: Charles Sarka and his long-delayed and unexpected claim to fame

Carpaccio's double enigma: Hunting on the Lagoon and the Two Venetian Ladiesthe unlikely story of how two contrasting paintings turned out to be one

Michelangelo's disputed Entombment: the mysteries that enshroud this controversial painting extend even to the identity of the artist