BBC says painting is by Lucian Freud despite his denials

BBC1’s Fake or Fortune attributes painting to acclaimed artist and says it is worth at least £300,000The BBC says it has identified an early Lucian Freud painting worth at least £300,000, despite the artist denying throughout his life that it was his work.Fake or Fortune, presented by Fiona Bruce and the art historian Philip Mould on BBC One, has attributed the painting, which is of a man in a black cravat, to the acclaimed artist, who died in 2011. Continue reading...