Famous Paintings found in a seed - are on show in London. Exhibition of Italian art at Royal Academy. A Private view was held today at the Royal Academy of the Winter Exhibition entitled "Italian art in Britain". Among the exhibits are five large paintings which were found in a shed in Ireland - and which are identified as being the work of the eighteenth century Venetian artist Francesco Guardi. The paintings illustrate a sixteenth century poem on the Crusades. They are owned by Mr. Geoffrey Merton an insurance border of St. John's Wood, London. Photo shows "Carlo and Uba~do resisting the enchantments of Armida's Nymphs - one of the paintings found in a shed in Ireland.
Photo measures 10 x 8 inches.
Photo is dated 01-01-1959.
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