Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Great Regulars: The news was not unrelievedly gloomy,

since a few of the paintings [PAB] Widener had bought were acknowledged as genuine. But the list of fakes included many of the great names of European art.

What is fascinating about the Apollo article, written by Jonathan Lopez, is that the story it tells has been, to an extent, covered up till now.

from James Fenton: The Guardian: Old Master criminals

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