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intaglio

(8,170 posts) Mon Dec 30, 2013, 08:38 AM Dec 2013

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"New" van Dyck painting discovered

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25535536

A painting bought for £400 and featured on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow has been revealed to be a Sir Anthony Van Dyck portrait worth about £400,000.

Father Jamie MacLeod, who runs a retreat house in north Derbyshire, first took the artwork to Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire, in 2012.

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The painting is a portrait of a Magistrate of Brussels which is believed to have been completed as part of the artist's preparation for a 1634 work showing seven magistrates

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"New" van Dyck painting discovered (Original Post) intaglio Dec 2013 OP

I like this one better jberryhill Dec 2013 #1

jberryhill

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1. I like this one better

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Mon Dec 30, 2013, 11:23 AM

Dec 2013

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