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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValerieK, post: 4334489, member: 7360&quot;]I hope you do find out more about the painting, there must be experts who can give an opinion, in auction houses or museums.&nbsp; I agree that the fruit looks like peaches, and that it must have formed part of a larger painting or triptych, with probably the peaches being offered to the Madonna and child, since they symbolise purity and honour in Renaissance art.&nbsp; (Not an offering to a rich truffle lover after all!). I hope it becomes part of your home and life.&nbsp; I do have one niggling worry, in that a painting of quality without an artist or a provenance, being located in Germany in 1954 . . .&nbsp; So many looted paintings are still missing after the war.&nbsp; I hope you find the artist, even if it&#039;s only &quot;from the workshop of . . .&quot;&nbsp; Please report back when you know more, I would love to know more about it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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