French city Amiens asks Madonna for loan of lost 19th century painting

An art conservator spotted the 19th century work from artist Jerome-Martin Langlois in a photo of Madonna's home published in the magazine 'Paris Match'. Photo: Reuters

The mayor of Amiens in northern France has released a video "requesting" that Madonna "loan" the city a painting from her personal collection, which resembles one lost there during World War I.

The 19th-century work, Diane And Endymion by artist Jerome-Martin Langlois, is "likely" the same one "loaned by the Louvre to the Fine Art Museum in Amiens before World War I and which subsequently disappeared", Brigitte Foure said in a video message to the Queen of Pop posted on Facebook.