Jehane Ragai on the science of authenticating artworks

The Life Scientific by BBC

Jan 27, 202628:10Science & Medicine

Ever heard of the unsuccessful Dutch painter who decided to humiliate his critics by forging Vermeers, which the artworld subsequently dubbed 'masterpieces'? Or the businessman who bought a Marc Chagall painting that he...

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