'Fake' Van Gogh in Attic Turns Out to Be Real

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BY CLEMENS BOMSDORF
A previously unknown work by Vincent van Gogh, tucked away in an attic after the French ambassador to Sweden a century ago called it a fake, has been found to be real after all, a landmark discovery worth millions of dollars.
The work, titled “Sunset at Montmajour,” depicts a landscape dominated by trees in various shades of green. It is believed to have been painted during the time the Dutch artist spent in Arles, in the south of France, in 1888 and 1889.
The declaration of authenticity was made Monday by the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, which itself had …
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