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The Lion and the Mouse: Did Churchill Desecrate Rubens?
14
Mar
2024
By THE CHURCHILL PROJECT
Did the Prime Minister defile a Rubens? Technically it was possible, especially if Churchill used tempera. But official biographer Sir Martin Gilbert was doubtful: “This story, charming though it is, and often retold, may be typical of (dare I say it?) the wilder shores of oral evidence. Churchill was surely too great an art lover to ‘touch up’ a Rubens.”
Winston Churchill: A Passion for Painting – by Edwina Sandys
16
Apr
2018