Whale tale: a Dutch seascape and its lost Leviathan
04 June 2014Earlier this year a conservator at the Hamilton Kerr Institute made a surprising discovery while working on a 17th-century painting owned by the Fitzwilliam Museum.聽 As Shan Kuang cleaned the surface, she revealed the beached whale that had been the intended focus of the composition.聽 探花直播artwork聽is now back on display聽in the Fitzwilliam's newly-refurbished gallery of Dutch Golden Age painting. 聽