The mayoress of Amiens asks Madonna for a painting identical to one that disappeared from her museum in World War I

The mayoress of the French city of Amiens, Brigitte Fouré, went around the world this Tuesday with a

Madonna to lend a painting.

It is a painting

, on loan from the Louvre in Paris, until it disappeared during a German bombing raid in 1918, near the end of the First

, for which reason it is considered that it was stolen.

The Madonna painting was bought at

and has been seen in photos on the singer's social media account.

In those images, you can see that the

one, but some measurements made from them show that it is missing three centimeters in height.

According to some experts, if it is the original work, that part would have been removed to eliminate the date and the

author

This is the work

by the French neoclassical painter Jérôme Marin Langlois (1779-1838).

In her message, the mayor says:

but "there is a special bond between you and our city."

He adds that Amiens will be a candidate for the

, so "I would like to lend us that painting for that reason."

However, the public channel France 3 warns that

it may not leave the country again, since works belonging to the French State cannot be sold.

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