Art for Lunch: The Death of Virginia

In this addition of Art for Lunch curator, Sophie Lavoie, discusses the story and mystery surrounding this painting of Death of Virginia in the style of Frencesco de Mura (1696-1782).

 

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During the Second World War German prisoners of war were brought to the Lake of the Woods area to cut wood for the local mills.  Many of the prisoners enjoyed their time in the Canadian wilderness, and a number of them immigrated to Canada when the war ended.