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Thieves steal a famous painting from an Italian church — But don't worry, it's fake

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    Interesting, especially since the original painting itself was a reinterpretation of a painting by the artist's father, Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Brueghel the Younger made his career on copies...

    Interesting, especially since the original painting itself was a reinterpretation of a painting by the artist's father, Pieter Brueghel the Elder.

    Brueghel the Younger made his career on copies and reworks of his father's originals. Although the Crucifixion painting wasn't a direct copy, several of the figures in painting appear to be copies of working drawings by the Elder Brueghel's original.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Brueghel_the_Younger

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