About This Exhibition Discover the story behind the Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist, the oldest painting in our art collection. The painting was for many years held in Anstruther Town Hall, before becoming part of our collection in the 1980s, but sadly not much was known about it. Find out the facts uncovered through research and conservation which led to the attribution and dating of the painting to an artist from 1520s Florence, during the Italian Renaissance.The exhibition unveils the secrets of this fascinating painting, discovered during and after its conservation in 2019-2022. Also on display are three beautiful and rare books dating from the early 16th century from our George Reid Collection. Donated to Dunfermline Carnegie Library, these Books of Hours have never been seen in St Andrews Museum before. Our thanks Conservation funded through a grant from the Woodmansterne Art Conservation Awards 2018/2019. Scientific analysis and glazing funded through a grant from the Common Good Funds. Conservation undertaken by Henry Matthews, of Egan, Matthews & Rose conservation studio, Dundee. We would also like to thank John Gash of the University of Aberdeen, the Anstruther Burgh Collection, Aidan Weston-Lewis (National Galleries Scotland), and Lyon & Turnbull.
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