A painting bought for around £500 at a British auction in 2024 was identified as an early work by JMW Turner; after authentication, The Rising Squall sold for nearly £1.9 million
An artwork that changed hands for little more than £500 at a regional British auction has turned into an extraordinary discovery in the art world. The painting, initially believed to be the work of an artist associated with 18th-century painter Julius Caesar Ibbetson, was later identified as an early landscape by renowned British artist JMW…