The Canaletto Under Our Noses

After an extensive cleaning, a painting that had hung in Scotland’s National Galleries for 150 years, has been identified as a Canaletto worth £2 million. “The picture, which shows gondoliers and sailors at work in 18th century Venice, was identified at the time as a Canaletto copy by an imitator or student of the artist, and had been valued at no more than £5,000.”