The Met Acquires Significant Renaissance Painting Lost for Centuries

The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced its acquisition of a long-lost painting by Renaissance artist Rosso Fiorentino (1494–1540) in a press release on Thursday. The painting Madonna and Child with Saint John the Evangelist (1512-1513) was considered lost for centuries, until a recent conservation treatment uncovered the figure of Saint John the Evangelist in the foreground of the work.