Culture·elDiario·9h agoUnited Kingdom
Katherine Read Painting Authenticated After Two Centuries
BBC program returns forgotten portrait to Scottish artist
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BBC's Fake or Fortune has authenticated a portrait of an Indian woman as the work of 18th-century Scottish painter Katherine Read, ending two centuries of misattribution. The painting, worth over £100,000, is the oldest known depiction of an Indian person by a European female artist.
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Katherine Readart authenticationFake or Fortune18th-century paintingBritish art history
