Court dismisses Sotheby’s negligence claim over a version of Caravaggio’s Cardsharps
Lancelot Thwaytes sued Sotheby’s after it sold his version of The Cardsharps as a copy of Caravaggio. A subsequent owner attributed the work to Caravaggio himself. The High Court held that Sotheby’s had not been negligent in how it assessed the painting. Photo: the disputed version, via Wikimedia Commons.
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