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Newly (Re)Discovered ‘Raphael’ In France — I Am Skeptical.

by Anura Guruge
on April 22, 2024


Click to ENLARGE. Click to access original (from ‘AFP’) via ‘Yahoo’.

I heard about this painting, this morning, on ‘BBC‘. I was skeptical. Had to look it up — & I did. I am still skeptical.

Collector bought it, online, from a London gallery for $37,000 last year.

Initially authenticated by ONE ‘expert’. Then by AI?

But, just three days earlier I had seen this:

Click to ENLARGE. Click to access original from ‘science alert’.

Just seems too good to be true. It just doesn’t sit well with me. Plus, to my UNTRAINED eye it doesn’t have the usual delicate magic of a Raphael. Kind of a spooky image.

Well, you decide. I just wanted to share the story & my doubts with YOU.