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05/05/2019 GMT

A 14th Century masterpiece on loan to a doctor's surgery

BBC World Service - Weekend, A 14th Century masterpiece on loan to a doctor's surgery

Why is the UK's National Gallery loaning a priceless painting to a doctor's surgery?

Why is the National Gallery here in the UK lending a 14th Century masterpiece to a doctor's surgery?

Also in the programme: President Maduro's former chief-of-staff, on why his former boss is still in charge of Venezuela.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Gauri van Gulik, the director for Europe at the human rights organisation Amnesty International, and Dave Clark, news editor for the French news agency, Agence France Press in Brussels.

(Image: Artemisia Gentileschi Self Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Credit: National Gallery)

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