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A painting by the 15th-century master Sandro Botticelli, recorded as missing since the 1980s, has been found at a home in southern Italy.. The depiction of the Virgin Mary and infant Christ was ...
The same painting had been stolen from the same museum on June 4, 1977, and was recovered ten years later [14] in Kuwait. [15] The painting is small, measuring 65 x 54 cm, and depicts yellow and red poppy flowers. [16] It is believed that van Gogh painted it in 1887, three years before his suicide. [14] $50–55,000,000 [11] ¥100,000,000
[3] [4] In the 1960s art historian Raffaello Causa attributed the painting to Botticelli. [1] In 1982, the church the painting was located in was damaged in an earthquake and the painting was given to a local family while the church was repaired. In the 1990s, the work was listed as missing by the Italian government. [5]
The Art Loss Register is a commercial computerized international database which captures information about lost and stolen art, antiques and collectables. It is operated by a commercial company based in London. In the U.S., the FBI maintains the National Stolen Art File, "a database of stolen art and cultural property. Stolen objects are ...
Imagine discovering an old painting hanging on your kitchen wall could be worth over $6 million. For years, an elderly French woman unknowingly had exactly that - right next to one of those ...
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Philadelphia Museum of Art: Virgin and Child with the Infant St. John the Baptist: 1490–1500: Tempera on panel: diameter 74 cm: São Paulo Museum of Art: Holy Trinity: 1491–1493: Tempera on panel: 215 × 192 cm: London, Courtauld Institute of Art: Virgin and Child with St. John the Baptist: 1491–1493: Tempera on panel: 47.65 × 38.1 cm ...
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