Spanish painting 'work of assistant'

Date: 27/01/2009 13:38

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A trip to Europe can offer art fans a multitude of famous galleries and museums to wander around - and with low-cost flights and cheap holiday insurance available, now could be a great time to go.

Those planning on jetting off to Spain to soak up some culture could be interested to learn that the painter of a famous piece has been revealed.

For many years, the painter of "The Colossus" was believed to be Francisco de Goya - however, the Prado Museum in Madrid has now said that his apprentice Asensio Julia was the creator of the piece.

Experts have analysed the work and said that when seen in "adequate light" it does not match up in quality to other Goya paintings.

In total, 16 reasons were cited for the decision to announce that the painting was the work of Julia - including the initials AJ in the corner of the work.

Brits with a love of art could find that annual multi trip insurance from InsureandGo is a good investment to cover frequent trips to the continent's art galleries.

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