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Title: What about the end of the painting?
Review: I can't believe that noone (in 47 reviews) has commented on the fact that "after all it's been through" the painting gets destroyed! To me that is the most intriguing issue. Cornelius, who supposedly loves the painting, is willing to destroy it in order to avoid the shame over his father's actions. The knowledge from the beginning of the novel of the painting's "end" really colored my reactions to the other stories of it's history.
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