A 16th century portrait of a young cardinal, at the National Trust’s Petworth House in Sussex, has been attributed to the Italian artist Titian following research and restoration for BBC Four’s Britain’s Lost Masterpieces.
Using x-ray and infrared techniques, and following specialist cleaning by Britain’s Lost to remove layers of later overpaint and varnish, a leading Titian expert concluded the painting could now be described as ‘attributed to Titian’ and can now be dated to about 1550.