Did Constable fake a pastoral scene in one of his best-loved paintings, The Cornfield?

With its vivid depiction of the English countryside, it has been a popular painting since Victorian times.



But anyone who goes in search of the idyllic landscape shown in The Cornfield by John Constable could be in for a disappointment.



The artist may have faked his most famous pastoral scene, startling evidence suggests.





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