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This 17th-Century Dutch Painting Was Rescued From a Dusty Barn Attic in Connecticut. It Just Sold for More Than $7 Million
Painted in 1666, "View of Olinda, Brazil, With Ruins of the Jesuit Church" is a masterpiece by Frans Post, one of the first ...
A 17th century painting was sitting "dirty" in a CT barn for years — until It sold for $7M
"It was sitting in a barn for so many years and it was just completely untouched. It was beyond dirty. It was so black that ...
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Rare 17th-Century Painting of Black and White Women Debuts After Export Ban
An exceptionally rare 17th-century painting featuring a Black woman and a white woman side by side has gone on public display for the first time at Compton Verney, a historic manor in the English ...
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Rare 17th-century painting found in attic sold for record price
THOMASTON, Maine (WMTW) - A rare 17th-century painting by the famous painter Rembrandt will soon go to its new home after being sold for more than $1 million. The highly sought-after painting was ...
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17th-century painting looted by Nazis to be returned by Tate Britain
A 17th-century painting looted by Nazis from the home of a Jewish Belgian art collector is being returned to his family by Tate Britain. The government’s Spoliation Advisory Panel recommended the ...
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A 17th century painting was sitting 'dirty' in a CT barn for years — and then sold for $7M
Forgotten about for years in a Connecticut barn, a painting from 17th century Dutch painter Frans Post fetched more than $7 million in a Sotheby's auction last month. "View of Olinda, Brazil, with the ...
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Rare 17th-century painting found in attic sold for record price
THOMASTON, Maine (WMTW) - A rare 17th-century painting by the famous painter Rembrandt will soon go to its new home after being sold for more than $1 million. The highly sought-after painting was ...