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Virgin Mary's Portrait "Madonna Haddo", found in Scotland, can be the original of the great Italian painter Santi Raphael. Such is opinion of experts in the field of the fine arts, attracted to Britain's Lost Masterpieces project preparation on the channel BBC .
"Detection of possible work Santi Raphael are so exciting event as it only can be imagined. It is a beautiful picture which deserves that it was seen by as much as possible people» , ― the expert Bendor Grovno declared.
to As it is reported, the picture was acquired in the XIX century by George Hemilton-Gordon, the fourth count Aberdeen which during the period from 1852 to 1855 was the prime minister United Kingdom.