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Bendor Grosvenor

Emma Dabiri

Spike Geilinger

Harry Bell

Brendan Hughes

Britain's Lost Masterpieces: Series 5: Tatton Park

Tatton Park

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Bendor and Emma discover a mysterious portrait of a 16th-century physician.

Bendor Grosvenor and Emma Dabiri discover a mysterious portrait at Tatton Park in Cheshire. Bendor makes a bold claim for the artist and is forced to completely rethink his ideas.

Bendor Grosvenor and Emma Dabiri travel to the grand Georgian mansion of Tatton Park in Cheshire, where Bendor has spotted a mysterious portrait of a 16th-century physician in its collection. Initially he wonders if the work might be by mannerist painter Parmigianino, but once the restoration is underway, and after examining other works by the Renaissance master, he is forced to abandon this idea and start again.

Emma explores the story of the man who bought the portrait, Wilbraham, the first Earl Egerton of Tatton, whose social climbing saw him turn the mansion into a marvel of luxury and won him an aristocratic title. Meanwhile Bendor, who is still confused by who the artist might be, is inspired by a chance remark from restorer Simon Gillespie. This new lead prompts a trip to Rome and Florence, which finally confirms an attribution for the painting and ultimately reveals the subject to be a well-known Renaissance anatomist. This prompts Emma to investigate the symbiotic relationship between art and anatomy.

Britain's Lost Masterpieces: Series 5

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Three artworks are investigated in an attempt to reveal the identify of their painters.

Using restoration, research and scientific analysis, Bendor Grosvenor and Emma Dabiri examine the stories behind three paintings that could be by
Trevisani, van Cleve and Salviati.

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