The painting wasn’t much to look at. Dark and shadowy, it depicted a biblical scene: namely, David perched over the decapitated head of Goliath. Attributed to Italian painter Giovanni Francesco ...

This, if it's too much, which it is, then I can glaze that down with the oil paint, But I'll get a good strong bat to start with, Goliath. You picked the right bat. That must be about a 38-inch ...

The newly attributed painting of David and Goliath, dated to the late 1630s, has been unveiled in London after restoration Photo: courtesy of Simon Gillespie Studio.