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€10m Monet painting damaged in 2012 incident goes back on display this morning
Experts have been working painstakingly to restore the painting for the past 18 months.

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THE MONET PAINTING damaged in an incident in the National Gallery in Dublin two years ago is due to go back on display this morning following extensive repair work.

A man is currently before the courts in connection with the incident, which happened in June 2012.

The painting — ‘Argenteuil Basin with a Single Sailboat’ — was seriously damaged, and experts have been painstakingly working to restore the it for the past 18 months.

Read: National Gallery ‘disappointed’ jury failed to reach a verdict in damaged Monet painting case

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