Robert Warren (executive director of Hoyt Sherman Place) was digging through his art closet when he stumbled across a painting that he said "didn't look like much". He eventually figured out that the painting was by a 16th century dutch painter named Otto van Veen. The value is said to be over 4 million dollars. He said he had no intention of selling the painting. He also said he will display it in his gallery once it gets good enough security.
I think this story is incredible. I just can't believe how lucky Robert Warren was to stumble across such a rare old valuable painting. I also can't believe it was sitting in the closet since the early 1900s and has not been discovered.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/02/us/apollo-venus-iowa-painting-discovery-trnd/index.html
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