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How El Greco’s ‘The Vision of Saint John’ Was Chopped Nearly in Half

Lost Masterpieces

An art restorer in 1880 decided El Greco’s ‘The Vision of Saint John’ needed an improvement and—snip—excised a large portion of the masterpiece and tossed it in the trash.

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