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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Broom, post: 4333649, member: 19942&quot;]I agree with the truffle theory. Though I think the young man is in ceremonial costume and that’s a ceremonial truffle fork. That pose holding out an open hand is quite classic, and I think holding two round truffles like that is a bit of fun on the part of the artist – there’s a lot of fun in 17th18th century Italian art. I personally don’t think it’s part of a bigger work, and it all looks authentic to me – though as pointed out it has had renovation and been relined.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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