The reproduction of the painting Hell of the XVI century, part of the exhibition ComingOut. And if the museum leave the street? , was stolen in the early hours of Thursday on Rose Street in Lisbon, confirmed the Ancient Art Museum.
The exhibition is an initiative of the National Museum of Ancient Art (NMAA), and brings together high-quality reproductions – but no book value – of 31 masterpieces of the entity’s assets posted outside buildings in the Chiado area, Bairro Alto and Príncipe Real.
Contacted by Lusa, the director of the NMAA, António Filipe Pimentel said that the disappearance of the work, reproduction of the original painted in the sixteenth century by an unknown Portuguese painter, “is not a surprise. “
” This situation was predictable and also happened in London, where a similar initiative was launched, “he pointed Pimentel, adding that” there is curious and even comic that has gone the frame Hell in the first 48 hours of the opening of the exhibition “.
The museum stresses that the missing reproduction” has no book value, commercial or material. “
ComingOut. And if the museum leave the street? follows the project developed in London, in the districts of Convent Garden, Soho and Chinatown, the National Gallery, called The Grand Tour . The director of the NMAA stressed that the exhibition has had a great impact on the streets, with passers-by to photograph the paintings, as well as on social networks, since it was released, with thousands of views and shares.
Antonio Filipe Pimentel added that the museum is considering whether or not to replace the work.
About the security exposure in the streets, indicated that special measures have not been implemented, but clarified that there are places where there are cameras and are sites of passage. “We believe that people will welcome and estimate the exhibited works,” he said.
There was also, in these two days of ComingOut Museum , an attempt to remove the playback Salome with the head of St. John the Baptist , painted by Lucas Cranach the Elder, in 1510-1515.
King portrait Sebastian , painted in 1571 by Christopher de Morais, Lady of Sorrows , Quentin Metsys, 1511, and Virgin with the Child and saints by Hans Holbein the Elder painted in 1519 are some of the reproductions that are exposed on the streets of those old areas of Lisbon
With this project, the museum -. which holds one of the most important spoils of Portuguese art – aims to promote the artistic and historical heritage Portuguese to domestic and foreign public. According to the NMAA, the exhibition was no cost to the museum because the result of a partnership with the reproduction of works of HP Portugal, support Ocyan and editing a book sponsored by Vodafone.
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