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A masterpiece by Peter Paul Rubens has returned to public display at the National Gallery in London. The Judgement Of Paris, one of the Flemish artist’s most recognisable works, had been in the gallery’s conservation department for 14 months ahead of its re-unveiling on Tuesday. The National Gallery said it planned to “conserve some of its greatest masterpieces” as part of its bicentenary celebrations. It was founded on May 10 1824. During the conservation the gallery used new imaging techniques to confirm the painting had been restored several times since the artist’s death in 1640. “The cons…

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