The Paston treasure : riches & rarities of the known world / Francesca Vanke.

"This publication explores some of the many fascinating subjects connected with Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery's popular but enigmatic painting The Paston Treasure. The interwoven stories behind this picture are many and complex: the identity of its elusively anonymous artist, its mysterious figures, the fate of the huge art collection of which only a tiny fraction appears in this canvas, the extraordinary rags-to-riches-to-rags tale of the Paston family who commisioned the picture and owned the collection, and finally Oxnead Hall, the magnificent Norfolk house once home to the family, collection and painting."--from introduction.