The heart in infrared and ultraviolet shows
no underdrawing: chromatography
confirms the attribution is correct.
The walnut panel is of the requisite age.
The armoured soldiers on the hill, the greenwood
by the cliff, the chaffinch the lady holds
as she turns towards your gaze, nothing
in the underpainting suggests
its provenance is in any way suspect.
Sometimes the attribution is correct.

Supported by Arts Council England