Rare 17th-century painting of Charles II unearthed by seven-year-old boy
History buff Dylan Maggs convinced his mother to take the painting, which once hung on his grandparents' wall, to be restored on BBC show
21 April 2021 • 6:00am
Dylan Maggs, then aged seven, and mother Elizabeth Vella with the portrait
Credit: BBC
A seven-year-old history buff unearthed a contemporary 17th-century portrait of Charles II after studying Britain’s kings and queens.
Dylan Maggs fell in love with the painting that his mother, Elizabeth Vella, had inherited from her grandparents.
She believed it to be a 19th century work and had packed it away. But Dylan convinced her to take it to The Repair Shop, BBC One’s restoration series.