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Could an epic work in a church in Port Glasgow be a lost masterpiece by one of the great painters of Northern Renaissance art, or is this depiction of Christ a much lesser work?

Series 10
Americans Kim and Chuck believe their landscape painting is by one of the founders of impressionism, Alfred Sisley. Can the team help them build a case and prove its authenticity?
Henrietta Sitwell inherited a sketch she believed to be by the 20th-century artist Amedeo Modigliani, but she has also been told it might not be genuine. Can the team find some answers?
Series 11
Could a mysterious canvas covered in white paint be hiding a lost painting by one of the most important painters of the 20th century, Armenian-American artist Arshile Gorky?
Could two simple sketches be by great French artists Pissarro and Cezanne? The team set out to gather evidence to prove they’re genuine.
A painting bought from an online auction in Monaco described as 'in the style of Sir Joshua Reynolds' looks promising, but could something murkier be lurking beneath the paint?
A sculpture found at a car boot sale in Essex bears striking similarities to the work of Elisabeth Frink. Can the team prove it’s part of an edition sculpted by her in the 1950s?
Series 10
Could a curious wall painting discovered in the bedroom of a Surrey cottage be the work of one of the pioneers of modern British art, Ben Nicholson?
Series 9
Anglesey farmer Huw Lewis bought a small painting depicting the Last Supper for £50 on the internet. Can the team prove it’s an eighteenth-century work by the artist Benjamin West?
The team investigate a powerful scene of the aftermath of battle. Could it be a work by the Victorian artist Edwin Landseer that was previously thought to have been destroyed by a flood in 1928?
A sculpture found in the long grass of a Norfolk home bears striking similarities to the work of Henry Moore. Could it be a lost work by one of the greatest 20th-century artists?
In 1999 Jon Swihart believed he’d bought a genuine work by the 19th century Orientalist artist Jean-Leon Gerome but the leading authority disagreed. Can the team prove Jon right?
Series 8
Can the team prove that a portrait attributed to pioneering female artist Maria Cosway is actually an undiscovered work of the great Regency artist Sir Thomas Lawrence?
The team investigates a beautiful 18th-century Venetian view. Could this be a work by one of the Italian masters, either Francesco Guardi or Michele Marieschi?
Bought for just £1, could a small still life be the work of one of the masters of early 20th-century art, Giorgio de Chirico?
The team investigate an 18th-century landscape that could be a lost work by of one of the biggest names in British art, Thomas Gainsborough.
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