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It's such an important frame and integral part of the painting that the National Gallery don't show it or mention it on the painting listing.
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20 months for £10k damage to a picture frame.
WTF is a picture frame worth £28k?
The cost is probably measured in hours of labour cleaning it. Doesn't mean you could sell the frame for that much. Van Gogh himself never framed a single painting, so they are of zero value artistically. They might be "period correct" or installed by an original owner, giving them historical significance and cultural value. The national gallery also install frames in keeping with their collection and internal decor, so the criteria outlined above have moveable goalposts depending on a curator's taste. My dad was head of conservation at the NG for 40 years and we have interesting conversations about these protests. His main problem is that the extra security makes it harder to get in now, and I see his point.
The sentence is absurd and disgusting.
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20 months for £10k damage to a picture frame.
WTF is a picture frame worth £28k?