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Source: The Guardian

6-4-14

Restoration reveals hidden whale in 17th-century Dutch painting

Mysterious artwork at Cambridge's Fitzwilliam Museum showing people clustered on beach had huge creature painted over.

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Restoration reveals hidden whale in 17th-century Dutch painting