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Sotheby's Nattier Portrait Drama Simmers With Forgery Debate
UPI reports at Sotheby's lot 33 a so called Nattier portrait tied to Maria Léczinska. Tests at Courtauld Institute confirm it is not a fake though historic ties suggest Maurice de la Tour study. The piece is offered as a portrait possibly by Nattier or La Tour with a comprehensive scientific dossier.
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London
UPI
Sotheby's
Utrifle
Paris
United States
van Megeren
Vermeers
David Stein
Picasso
Stein
New York
Jean Gimpel
Gimpel
Nattier
England
Courtauld Institute of Art
Art
D. Rees Jones
Courtauld
Maurice de la Tour
Louvre
la Tour
Marie Leczinska