Experience: I found an old Rembrandt in a drawer

"My father died 20 years ago, when I was 26, and my mother died 10 years later. I've always felt grateful that one of the things they passed on to me was a love of art. My dad, Alan Barlow, was a stage designer, a Benedictine monk and then, after marrying my mother, Grace who was a GP he became a full-time artist. In his studio in Norfolk, there were two big Victorian plan chests, where he stored paper and sketches he had created."

"He was also an art collector and some of the drawers contained artworks he had bought but didn't have wall space for. For a long time, I didn't feel ready to go through everything in his studio. I always felt connected to him when I went in there. But last year, after I moved from Norfolk to Cambridge with my wife and three children, we decided to sell my parents' home."

My father died 20 years ago when I was 26, and my mother died 10 years later. Both parents passed on a love of art. My father, Alan Barlow, worked as a stage designer, became a Benedictine monk, then married Grace, a GP, and later became a full-time artist. His Norfolk studio contained two large Victorian plan chests holding papers, sketches and collected artworks. While clearing the family home before selling it, a drawer revealed a folder of old prints. One faint 24cm by 21cm etching resembled Rembrandt's style, was unframed and marked on the mount as a Rembrandt original. The image appeared unfinished, missing the face, and the owner took the print to the local auction house Cheffins for valuation.

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