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New painting by Raphael discovered

Depiction of Mary Magdalene attributed to artist by experts

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(ANSA) - PERGOLA, SEP 17 - A new painting by Raphael, a depiction of Mary Magdalene, has been discovered, experts have said at an international conference in Pergola, a town in the central Italian province of Pesaro and Urbino.
    The artwork, featuring the face of Chiara Fancelli, Perugino's wife, was painted on a poplar wood panel measuring 46 cm by 34 cm.
    It is dated 1504, belongs to a foreign private collection and has been attributed to the Renaissance master by a pool of scholars.
    The announcement at the conference on 'Raphael Sanzio's Vision of Perfection' comes ahead of the publication next week of the study regarding the attribution in the 'Open Science, Art and Science' journal.
    The study is entitled 'Raphael's Magdalene, When the Pupil Surpasses the Master'. (ANSA).
   

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