Florence’s Uffizi Recognizes Rediscovered Bronze as 16th-Century Sculpture, Igniting Fierce Debate Among Experts

The authentication of artworks has long been a contentious battle in the art world. These days, such debates mainly concern modern and contemporary artworks, though an ongoing, decades-long dispute currently being waged in Italy centers around a work believed by some to be done by a Renaissance master.
In a report by the New York Times, the London-based dealer Alexander Rudigier tells of longstanding debate to prove that a bronze work, Bathing Venus, that he co-owns is the work by artist Giambol