http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3892674,00.html
Israeli art detectives crack forgery riddle
Sotheby’s discovers Israel Museum owns exact same painting about to go on auction in Amsterdam
Associated Press
Published: 05.26.10, 14:26 / Israel Culture
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Then Elon checked the fabric. The recently discovered painting was painted on cotton. The museum’s was done on linen, a more expensive material far more likely to have been used by a wealthy painter in Europe than by someone working in a poor city like Jerusalem.
The museum’s painting was the real thing, Elon concluded. The new arrival was the fake.
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Hot stuff! Literally.
You have to admire “technology’s” ability to gather “evidence”.
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