The mayor of a French metropolis believes Madonna could be the proprietor of a portray that was misplaced in the course of the first world struggle.
Brigitte Fouré, mayor of Amiens in northern France, has insisted there’s a “particular hyperlink” between her city and the Queen of Pop within the form of a “misplaced” portray which will presently in Madonna’s possession, per The Guardian.
Fouré she hopes the portray, titled ‘Diana and Endymion’ – which is considered by Jérôme-Martin Langlois – might assist safe a profitable bid for Amiens to change into the European capital of tradition in 2028.
“Madonna, you most likely haven’t heard of Amiens… however there’s a particular hyperlink between you and our metropolis,” Fouré stated in a video message.
“This portray might be a piece that was lent to the Amiens museum by the Louvre earlier than the primary world struggle after which we misplaced hint of it,” she continued, interesting for the singer for a lend of the portray to assist their bid.
“That’s my prayer, the want I’m presenting to you.”
The portray, commissioned by Louis XVIII, accomplished in 1822, was exhibited on the Musée des Beaux-Arts – which is now the Musée de Picardie – in Amiens from 1878, however was considered destroyed when the town was bombed in 1918.
Based on an article in French newspaper Le Figaro, the portray or an equivalent copy reappeared in a New York public sale in 1989, the place Madonna paid $1.3million (£1million) for it, which was greater than 3 times the estimated worth.
A curator from Amiens reportedly solely observed it in 2015 within the background of a photograph of Madonna in her dwelling that was printed in Paris Match journal.
In the meantime, earlier this month, stories emerged that Madonna set to embark on a fortieth anniversary tour in 2023.