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Betrothal of St. Ursula

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Spanish Forger
Oil on panel.
30 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches (775 x 623 mm.)
Gift of Martin Cooper.
1988.125
Notes: 

The Library's first director, Belle da Costa Greene, exposed this forgery in 1930 and, as a result, gave the Spanish Forger his name. The painting was formerly attributed to Maestro Jorge Inglès, an artist active in Spain about the middle of the fifteenth century.

Provenance: 
King's Galleries, London; private collection, Wilmette, Ill.
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School: 
Spanish
Century: 
19th century
Classification: 
Painting
Department: 
Drawings and Prints