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Former curator’s comments, later withdrawn, reignite debate over attribution of Samson and Delilah painting
It is an unwelcome question, but an important one: did the National Gallery buy a £2.5m dud?
This has remained the suspicion of many experts since one of Britain’s premier cultural institutions acquired Samson and Delilah, a long-lost masterpiece by the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens, in 1980.
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