A Spanish art expert has discovered a previously unknown painting by Spanish master Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) on Britain's Isle of Man.
'The Rope', which was acquired for 18,000 Euros as an anonymous work 35 years ago, is worth 3 to 4 million Euros, Paulino Gimenez estimated.
'The Rope', which shows a woman dressed in Roman-style clothing and holding a child looking down from a window, is believed to have been painted by Goya around 1770, when he was an art student in Italy. The painting measuring 63 x 51 centimetres belongs to a British private collector who bought it in London.
The owner finally began suspecting the painting might have a link with Goya and called Malaga-based expert Paulino Gimenez, whose 10-month investigation led him to establish that the painting bore the hallmarks of Goya, such as a face hidden in it.
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