The Missing Canvas

Journal

Research, provenance and the stories behind works that disappear from public view — and occasionally return.

Rediscoveries · 21 August 2026

The Return of Vaidilutė

Rediscovering Wincenty Sleńdziński’s 1873 painting after more than 150 years in private collections.

A painting created in Dresden in 1873, preserved for generations in Poland and eventually brought to Lithuania in 2025. The story of how Vaidilutė was found, acquired, conserved and finally shown in Vilnius.

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Wincenty Sleńdziński's Vaidilutė at the Vilnius Picture Gallery

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An 1816 portrait with an unusually detailed family inscription on the reverse — a small archival trace that opens a much wider provenance story.

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The Journal follows individual works, provenance trails, private collections, rediscoveries and selected historical material connected with Lithuania and Polish-Lithuanian art history.