Art forgery

Sotheby’s declares disputed Saint Jerome a forgery

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Sotheby’s declares disputed Saint Jerome a forgery
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Sotheby’s refunded the buyer after concluding that the Saint Jerome sold as a work from the circle of Parmigianino was a forgery. The finding is attributed to the auction house.

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Rembrandt, Self-Portrait (1630), Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

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