Antiques Roadshow portrait revealed to be by Anthony Van Dyck

[maureenho]

29 December 2013 Last updated at 09:57

Antiques Roadshow portrait revealed to be by Anthony Van Dyck


A hunch by presenter Fiona Bruce leads to the portrait being identified as a genuine Van Dyck

A painting bought for £400 and featured on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow has been revealed to be a Sir Anthony Van Dyck portrait worth about £400,000.

Father Jamie MacLeod, who runs a retreat house in north Derbyshire, took the artwork to Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire, in 2012.

He said he was now planning to sell the piece by the 17th Century Flemish artist to buy new church bells.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25535536

The portrait will be shown on Antiques Roadshow at 19:00 GMT on BBC One on Sunday.

[wendy]

amazing
i just read this on twitter, but didnt read it properly, this is fantastic

[annie]

Brilliant!!