The Young Velzquez: The Education of the Virgin Restored (Yale University Art Gallery)

Donated to the museum in 1925, the Yale University Art Gallerys Education of the Virgindepicting Saint Anne teaching a young Virgin Mary to readwas long considered to be a work by an unknown Spanish artist. Considerably damaged, the painting was relegated to storage and never carefully studied until 2005, when John Marciari reattributed the work to Diego Velzquez (15991660), the most significant painter of the Spanish Golden Age. The extraordinary narrative of this painting and its reattribution is chronicled here, accompanied by a detailed description of the paintings conservation campaign and thoughtful analysis of the artists technique.