Street Discovery Solves Sorolla Painting Mystery

 It’s one thing to inadvertently buy a valuable painting at a thrift store. Picking one up in the street is another degree of luck entirely. As surprising as it sounds, the second happened to Andrés Hurtado of Murcia, Spain, while he was visiting Seville with his family on the weekend. He saw a painting lying in the street: a peaceful beach scene with boats in the distance and sunlight reflecting off the water.Hurtado said that the gilded frame was what caught his attention. As