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2 hours ago

That muscular back! Those fleshy breasts! The National Gallery’s ‘fake’ Rubens looks very real to me

How can anyone call Rubens’ sumptuous masterpiece Samson and Delilah a ‘fake’ and ‘a shoddy artefact’? The Flemish master is simply doing a superb job of copying his own favourite outlaw artist

Samson…

3 days ago

A £2.5m dud? Fresh doubt cast on authenticity of National Gallery Rubens

Former curator’s comments, later withdrawn, reignite debate over attribution of Samson and Delilah painting

It is an unwelcome question, but an important one: did the National Gallery buy a £2.5m dud?

2 months ago

Fancy a Belgian city break without the crowds of Ghent or Bruges? Mechelen might be the answer

The majestic Flemish city is dotted with renaissance palaces, great bars and eye-catching contemporary art – yet it’s firmly off the tourist trail

Arriving in Belgium on the Eurostar, it is always tem…

3 months ago

The art expert did it: LGG Ramsey revealed as 1951 thief of Van Dyck painting

Exclusive: How one historian’s investigative work led to artwork finally being returned to ‘English Versailles’

In 1951, a leading British art expert visited a stately home in Northamptonshire and vie…

Fresh doubt cast on authenticity of Rubens painting in National Gallery

Exclusive: Art historian points to ‘bad craftsmanship’ in 17th-century work entitled Samson and Delilah

Doubts about whether Peter Paul Rubens painted the Samson and Delilah picture in the National G…

4 months ago

5 months ago

Train conductor’s bilingual morning greeting raises hackles in Belgium

Ilyass Alba welcomed passengers onboard a rush-hour train in Dutch and French – flouting strict language rules

A ticket inspector’s bilingual greeting to a Flemish train passenger has created a politi…

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