Lancashire church painting is "£100k masterpiece"

[annie]

A painting which has hung in a small Lancashire church for two centuries has been revealed as a lost masterpiece worth more than £100,000.

Research by BBC TV's Fake Or Fortune confirmed that the church of St John the Baptist in Tunstall owns a painting by Francesco Montemezzano.

Montemezzano was late a 16th Century Renaissance artist from Venice.

Vicar Rev Mark Cannon said: "We've got a dilemma because it is obviously worth a lot more than we thought."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-la ... e-33594464

[maureenho]

I watched that programme, it looked amazing after it was cleaned.

[wendy]

I hope it is kept somewhere safe and sound

[maureenho]

They said they were keeping it in the church which I think is at risky.

[chenrezig]

It was amazing to see after the restoration .. I think it is too risky too... I would get a replica done and put that up.

[Rosalind]

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[Honey]

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Too risky to put it back now everybody knows, hope they put a replica in its place and put the original in a secure place.