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'Fake' painting revealed as Dutch masterpiece

Source: The Independent
Delft : Netherlands | 2 months ago  
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So when the Courtauld Institute of Art was presented with a copy of a Dutch Golden Age painting by the arch-counterfeiter Hans van Meegeren, the gallery's director accepted the work as a fake of the highest order. Now, 50 years after The Procuress was deemed a forgery – albeit a brilliant one – it has...
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  • News Source: The Independent | 2 months ago
    News that the Courtauld Institute of Art may rule that what for the last 50 years has been considered a top-quality fake by one of the world's most brilliant forgers is, in fact, an authentic 17th-century work – by an obscure artist – raises...
  • News Source: The Independent | 2 months ago
    So when the Courtauld Institute of Art was presented with a copy of a Dutch Golden Age painting by the arch-counterfeiter Hans van Meegeren, the gallery's director accepted the work as a fake of the highest order. Now, 50 years after The Procuress...
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