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Woman Learns The ‘Fake’ Renaissance Painting She Kept Over Her Stove Was Actually A 700-Year-Old Masterpiece
But it’s not every day that one finds a 700-year-old painting worth millions of dollars. According to Artnet News, a nonagenarian woman in Compiègne, France, recently discovered that a painting ...
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The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street
Published 22 May 1797. William Pitt, the Prime Minister, is picking the coin-filled pockets of an old lady, personifying the Bank, whose dress is made of £1 notes. She is sitting on a locked ...