Rare Public Access Granted for Scientific Study of Thomas More Painting

Public given rare access as Thomas More painting goes under microscope

Visitors to Nostell in West Yorkshire will get to see cutting-edge research into work considered the only faithful copy of Holbein masterpiece A spectacular, internationally important painting of Thomas More and his family is to have its secrets explored as the public look on. The open heritage science project, scheduled to begin on Thursday, is a UK first and will deploy techniques used at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam during its famous public restoration of Rembrandt’s masterpiece The Night ...

By Mark Brown North of England correspondent