FAMOUS PICTURE STOLEN
PARIS, December 9.
.Van Dyck'p famous picture "Tha Raising of the Cross," valued at £20,000, has been stolen from, the Church of Notr« Dame. ■ _ The picture referred to is doubtless that' Jcnown as the "Klevation of the Cross," ono of the meat celebrated of this artiat's- Crucifixion series. Tbeee religious works belong; to what is called Van Dyck'a third manner* To it belonsr the " Crucifixion in the Oaths* <|ral at Mechlin," termed by Sir Joshua SHUfuolda the fluent picture in the world.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2804, 11 December 1907, Page 26
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85FAMOUS PICTURE STOLEN Otago Witness, Issue 2804, 11 December 1907, Page 26
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