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This Rubens Painting Vanished During World War II. Now, It's Returning Home to a Castle in Germany
As World War II drew to a close, a painting by Peter Paul Rubens was stolen ... the ceiling of Antwerp’s Jesuit Church of St. Charles Borromeo. It was Rubens’ first major commission for ...
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'Fake' Rubens masterpiece debate reignited by new book
The work by the 17th century Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was purchased by the gallery in 1980 for £2.5 million, then the second-highest price ever paid for a painting at auction. Every year ...