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da Conegliano and to be the original of a copy by Basaiti in the Budapest Gallery. This makes the work of greater importance & value. The coloring is magnificent and it can now be had for £3000. At this price it is very cheap and I would strongly advise your getting it. It is hard to exaggerate the beauty of the coloring & the strong golden atmosphere.

6. I send you also a photograph of a picture of Diana & her nymphs which has lately turned up. It is in my opinion an early Vermeer but the Chief Dutch authorities dispute this view & I am not specialist enough to go against this, though I do not alter my opinion. At present it would be sold strictly on its merits at a price very much below what it would fetch if its authenticity was recognized. It is not at first sight at all an attractive picture but the colour is really true & it grows on me

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