Structure - It was thought to be a later copy...

A Flemish masterpiece thought to be lost for almost 400 years has been rediscovered in a Scottish country house.
The portrait by Baroque artist Sir Peter Paul Rubens was found in Glasgow Museums' collection, on show at Pollok House.
The 17th century painting of George Villiers, the 1st Duke of Buckingham, was believed to have been a copy of the lost original.
However, after conservation work carried out for the BBC series Britain's Lost Masterpieces, it has been reassessed and confirmed to be an authentic work by Rubens, who lived from 1577 to 1640.
The portrait of the duke in a doublet with an elaborate lace collar and a sash dates from around 1625.

One day Dr Bendor Grosvenor from BBC rediscovered the portrait of the Duke of Buckingham who was the pivotal figure in the British history. It was painted by flemish artist named Peter Rubens. This discover was happened in the museum in Glasgow and at the public display in the house of Pollock.
There were layers on the painting and it was repainted. It enabled Ben van Beneden proved that Rubens was a portraitist. Soon he said that it was a "rare addition to Rubens's portrait oeuvre, showing how he approached the genre". Exactly Rubens's attitudes allowed to create so perfection and precision picture. 
George Villiers was the key figure who became the favourite of James I. He was a very mysterious person. Most people think that he was a gay, but there is the information that they were only the friends. One day in Apethorpe Palace in Northamptonshire found two connected men's bed that led to appropriate conclusion. Diagnosis showed that there were George's remains.
Now this incredible picture is located in Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow.
Nastya Marinchenko 11-G

The 17thCentury Flemish artist's "head study" of the Duke of Buckingham was
identified by Dr Bendor Grosvenor from BBC Four's Britain's Lost Masterpieces.
The picture
was in Glasgow Museums' collection. But it was thought to be a later copy by
another artist. The restored portrait of George Villiers with an elaborate lace
collar and a sash dates from around 1625. He was a controversial figure in the
Jacobean era. Some experts claim they were lovers, while others believe it was
a close platonic friendship. The Duke was assassinated in 1628 at the age of
35. Overpainting of the background and other areas by a later artist, along
with hundreds of years of dust and dirt, had obscured Rubens' work. But
additional cleaning and x-rays of the hair showed it was not a copy but was by
the artist himself. The painting will feature in the first programme of the new
series of Britain'sLost Masterpieces.

A portrait  of the Duke of Buckingham by Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens has been rediscovered after almost 400 years. It was identified by Dr Bendor Grosvenor from BBC and called Four's Britain's Lost Masterpieces. It was in a museum in Glasgow and at a public display in the majestic house of Pollock.
But there were layers of dirt and it was repainted. Rubens was a portraitist, and this find proved this fact. As Ben van Beneden said it was a "rare addition to Rubens's portrait oeuvre, showing how he approached the genre".Everyone was incredibly delighted with this painting, its perfection and precision.
   George Villiers is depicted on canvas in a doublet with an elaborate lace collar and a sash dates from around 1625.He was a controversial figur and  became one of the favourites of James I. There are many versions of their relationship. To date, this is a controversial issue. Some think that they were lovers, and the rest - that they were friends.By the renovation work was found a secret passage linking the two men's bedchambers in  Apethorpe Palace in Northamptonshire.
   The analysis of the tree with additional cleaning and x-rays of the hair showed it was not a copy but was by the artist himself. Restorer Simon Gillespie was warking hard  to return it to its original appearance. The demonstration of the painting will take place in Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow.