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| '''''The Fallen Madonna''''', usually referred to as '''''The Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies''''',<ref name="WT" /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/6591777.stm |title= Fallen Madonna to go to new buyer |work=] |accessdate=17 April 2010 | date=25 April 2007}}</ref><ref name="Sun">{{cite news |url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article192597.ece |title=TV Fallen Madonna found |work= The Sun |accessdate=17 April 2010 |location=London |first=John |last=Coles |date=24 May 2007}}</ref> by the fictional painter '''van Clomp''' is a portrait of a bare breasted woman, which provides a ] in the ] ] series '']'' (1982–1992), written by ] and ], as well as '''''The Cracked Vase with the Big Daisies''''' by real artist ]. The first episode of the ] of ''{{'}}Allo 'Allo!'' (1984), following the pilot, was titled ''The Fallen Madonna''.<ref>Broadcast 14 September 1984</ref> In an earlier pilot, the painting was referred to as ''The Reclining Madonna''. | |||
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| ==Recurring theme== | |||
| ''{{'}}Allo 'Allo!'' was set in the ] town of ] during the German occupation of the ]. Its focus was ] run by ] (played by ]). There were sustained attempts by the occupiers to appropriate the ''Fallen Madonna'', a local treasure, to provide a ] after the war. Among those who coveted it were the local German commandant ] (]) and the '']'' ] himself on whose behalf ] (]) of the '']'' was instructed to secure it (but secretly wanted it for himself). | |||
| In the end of the ''{{'}}Allo 'Allo!'' series the Fallen Madonna is found long after the war by an elderly René; he and his mistress ] quickly elope to Spain with the painting to live happily ever after. | |||
| The painting was seen and hidden in various guises; it was often secreted, with suggestive possibilities, in a long '']'' sausage. An incredible number of forgeries of the ''Fallen Madonna'' were made, mostly by ] and ], which were hidden in ''knackwurst'' sausages in René's kitchen. The forgeries were subsequently destroyed in various ways (burned, blown up, minced, eaten by a dog, etc.). | |||
| ==Sale of prop and Longleat replica== | |||
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| Having previous sold for £4,000 in 2007, the original prop portrait from the series sold for £15,000 at East Bristol Auctions in December 2018. The picture was purchased by a buyer in ].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-46397261 |title='Allo 'Allo's Fallen Madonna sells for £15,000 at auction |date=1 December 2018 |accessdate=1 December 2018 |work=]}}</ref> | |||
| Following his assistance with an event connected with the programme, the BBC presented the ] with a specially commissioned copy of the prop that was hung alongside ]s in Lord Bath's ancestral home, ].<ref name="WT">], 16 December 2005, ''''. Retrieved 7 April 2008.</ref><ref name="Sun" /><ref name="BBC">''The Return of 'Allo 'Allo!'' (]), 28 April 2007</ref> | |||
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