A famous Renaissance painting thought to be an imitation of Sandro Botticelli's Madonna of the Pomegranate has been revealed to be, in fact, a rare piece from the artist's own workshop.
The discovery was made while the painting was being cleaned by English Heritage conservators who scrapped off dirt and more than a century of yellow varnish, revealing the painting's true colours.
The painting shows Madonna and the Christ Child - who hold a pomegrante to symbolise Jesus' future suffering - flanked by four angels, was assumed to be a fake as it was similar and differed to the original.
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