Painting Stolen from Chatsworth House 45 years ago Discovered at Regional French Auction House

A painting by Eramus Quelliness II stolen more than four decades ago was recently returned to its owner after being spotted at a regional auction house in a southern French town. Chatsworth House in the English town of Derbyshire had lent A Double Portrait of Sir Peter Paul Rubens and Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1640s) to the Towner Art Gallery for an exhibition focused on works by Anthony Van Dyck, a Flemish Baroque artist. The oil on wood painting was taken by thieves on May 26, 1979 after a “