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Portrait of Philip IV is genuine Diego Velázquez, says Metropolitan Museum of Art

A 17th Century painting of the Spanish monarch Philip IV by Diego Velázquez is being reinstated to its rightful place in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. The painting was wrongly identified as a copy in 1973, but experts now believe it is genuine.

A 17th Century painting of the Spanish monarch Philip IV by Diego Velázquez is being reinstated to its rightful place in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. The painting was wrongly identified as a copy in 1973, but after extensive restoration, experts now believe it is genuine.