and Amiens in northern France have in common? Not a lot, says the city’s mayor, Brigitte Fouré, who admits the global star has probably never heard of the city until now.
“Madonna, you probably haven’t heard of Amiens … but there is a special link between you and our city,” Fouré says in her“This painting is probably a work that was lent to the Amiens museum by the Louvre before the first world war after which we lost trace of it,” she adds.The oil painting, commissioned by Louis XVIII to hang in the Salon of Diane at the Palace of Versailles and completed in 1822, was acquired by the French republic in 1873.
The painting Madonna bought is 3cm smaller than the artwork that disappeared in Amiens, leading experts to wonder if it is the original with the signature and date removed or a copy. Fouré told the Guardian she had only recently learned that the missing and previously long forgotten painting may be owned by Madonna and had been overwhelmed by the response to her appeal.
The fallen Madonna with the big boobies?