Painting Found in Moor Cottage Fetches Pounds 1.3m ; Family Discovered Hidden Masterpiece

Herald Express; Torquay (UK) › July 13, 2009

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A PAINTING which was discovered in a modest cottage on the edge of Dartmoor has sold for a monster Pounds 1.3million.

The painting entitled 'View of the Tiber looking towards Castel Sant'Angelo with St Peter's in the distance' by 18th century artist Guiseppe Zocchi was unearthed by relatives after the owner of the South Devon cottage died.

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Painting Found in Moor Cottage Fetches Pounds 1.3m ; Family Discovered Hidden Masterpiece

They had the painting valued earlier this year when experts reckoned it was worth around ...

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