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Virgin with Child-Forgery

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Tests of this painting, by an unknown Italian forger of the 1920's revealed that the purportedly ancient wormholes in the panel had been made with a drill (they were straight, not crooked) and the Virgin's robe was painted using Prussian Blue, a pigment not invented until the 18th century.

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1920
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"A History of Art Forgery" CD-ROM by Joe Dolice for The New Rochelle Council on The Arts.
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