Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1912 — FINDS “RAPHAEL” PAINTING [ARTICLE]

FINDS “RAPHAEL” PAINTING

Searcher Ends World Hunt for “Mary and the Infant Christ,” the Masterpiece. Boston.—A “Raphael” unearthed to Boston by Patrick E. Duffee, a local art connoisseur, has attracted much attention from artists and picture experts who have seen it and has been identified as the masterpiece, “Mary and the Infant Christ.” The painting was discovered by Mr. Duffee after a search which began when he was told of this missing picture of Raphael’s while he was abroad in 1886. The picture was described to him and almost Immediately he began his search. It was found in Jamaica Plains.