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Constable art riddle reveals his parents
Louise Jury, Chief Arts Correspondent03.03.09
THE parents of artist John Constable have been reunited on canvas after two cases of mistaken identity were solved.
Research for a new exhibition on one of Britain's best-loved Romantic artists has shown a portrait of Constable's mother, Ann, thought to have been a copy was produced by Constable himself in around 1805.
And a picture identified as the artist's schoolmaster is really Constable's father, Golding. The re-attribution was made by Anne Lyles, a Tate curator, and author Martin Gayford. The exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery opens on Thursday until 14 June, with £5 admission charge.
