A 400-year-old Dutch master painting which experts believe could be worth millions of dollars has been discovered in a storeroom in Australia
The artwork called"Still Life" was kept for many years in what is now a museum known as Woodford Academy in the Blue Mountains, in New South Wales .was uncovered among a collection of 60,000 pieces after the building and its contents were gifted to the National Trust of Australia .
The painting features a table setting of white tablecloth laid with food consisting of a mince pie, nuts and a bread roll, and a silver goblet and glassware. According to the press release, Gerrit Willemsz. Heda's signature is very similar to that of his father and his paintings were attributed to his father until 1945. Suggestions that it might be a father-and-son collaborative piece are being investigated.
"To find an authentic 17th century painting in my storeroom at the National Trust was beyond exciting -- it left me breathless," said National Trust collections manager Rebecca Pinchin in the press release.
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