High court rules Van Dyck painting belongs to bankrupt socialite James Stunt

High court rules Van Dyck painting belongs to bankrupt socialite James Stunt

Judge dismisses claim by Stunt and his father that 17th-century work was bought by the latter in 2013

A bankrupt British socialite is the owner of a centuries-old portrait at the centre of a high court legal dispute, a judge has ruled.

James Stunt and his father, Geoffrey Stunt, had been in a legal row with the trustees of James’s bankruptcy over the Anthony Van Dyck painting The Cheeke Sisters.

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