Painting in Iowa closet turns out to be Otto van Veen masterwork

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Painting in Iowa closet turns out to be Otto van Veen masterwork
Mercedes Leguizamon, CNN Brandon Griggs, CNN 12 hrs ago

The painting by Otto van Veen could be worth anywhere between $4 million and $11 million. © Hoyt Sherman Place The painting by Otto van Veen could be worth anywhere between $4 million and $11 million.

Robert Warren was poking through his art gallery's closet when he stumbled on an old painting hidden behind a table.

At first, it didn't look like much: a dingy, oil-on-wood panel of nude mythological figures. It had suffered water damage, and it was cracked in places.

"I didn't think it was anything of value," said Warren, executive director of the Hoyt Sherman Place art complex in Des Moines, Iowa. "I wasn't sure why it would've been in that closet."

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Looks like a real classic.