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Sotheby's spots another Old Master fake

Published Wed, Jan 18, 2017 · 09:50 PM

Amsterdam

A PAINTING attributed to the circle of the 16th-century Italian artist known as Parmigianino has been determined to be a modern fake, according to a complaint filed by Sotheby's auction house in US District Court in New York on Tuesday.

The company filed the complaint against the collector Lionel de Saint Donat-Pourrières, who consigned the painting to Sotheby's for a 2012 auction, where it sold to anothe…

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