PA Media rated the claim “The National Gallery is removing a van Eyck painting from 1434 following complaints that its subject “resembles Vladimir Putin”.” False: Jan van Eyck’s 1434 painting The Arnolfini Portrait remains on display in room 28 of the National Gallery in London and there are no plans to remove it. The National Gallery is also unaware of any complaints over the painting..
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
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