JFIFdd CDucky( .Art Treasures in Manchester: 150 Years On , opens at Manchester Art Gallery, 6th October (image National Gallery) Michelangelo Buanarroti Madonna and Child with Saint John and Angels The Manchester Madonna This stunning Michelangelo work Madonna and Child with Saint John and the Angels was only attributed to the great master just before the exhibition opened in 1857 and was nicknamed (and is still referred to as) the Manchester Madonna. The painting has now made a historic return to the city for this show, coming back to Manchester for the first time in 150 years. I have attached a press release on the exhibition, and images. The 1857 exhibition was an incredible artistic and civic achievement; held in a temporary glass pavilion on the scale of London s Crystal Palace the original show featured over 16,000 exhibits and was really the first blockbuster exhibition; visited by over 1.3million people including Queen Victoria, Charles Dickens, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Florence Nightingale and Emperor Napoleon; as well as factory workers and the ordinary people of Manchester. This exhibition will showcase around 160 of the original works. 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