The artwork was found to be a rare print by 18th century printmaker Jacob Christoff Le Blon when it was sent away for conservation treatment.
An artwork displayed at a National Trust property and seen by thousands of visitors each year has been identified as a rare surviving work by a printmaker credited with inventing colour printing.
The German-born painter and engraver, who died in 1741 aged 73, was the first to create a three-colour printing process – the forerunner of the CMYK colour printing used today. Analysis of the piece helped identify the colours Le Blon is known to have used, such as indigo and carmine or red lake.Ms Eade said a thick layer of 19th century varnish applied while the artwork was framed and hanging on the wall was “particularly challenging”, but that the conservator was “able to gently clean the surface layer, thinning the varnish in places and smoothing cracks to improve the picture’s appearance”.
It is not known for certain how and when the print came to Oxburgh Hall, the home of the Bedingfeld family.
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