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The three drawings fortuitously recovered two years ago in a private home in Carrara (Italy) may be attributed to Michelangelo Buonarroti. The 16th century sheets (24 x 12 cm) depicting a Male nude, a Horseman and studies of Male heads ...
(Dorian Cara)
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| Michelangelo Buonarroti, Self-portait (detail) |
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A stolen painting, thought to be by Marc Chagall, has been found at a post office warehouse in Topeka, Kansas. Study for ‘Over Vitebsk’ valued at about $ 1 million (€ 1.1 million) was stolen from the Jewish Museum in New York City on the 8th of June 2001. The FBI are following up with investigations ...
(Andrew Moore)
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| Marc Chagall’s Study for ‘Over Vitebsk’ |
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In a raid in the suburbs of Rome at the end of December last year, the Roman squad of the Command of the Carabinieri for the Protection of the Cultural Heritage recovered 268 paintings, 1559 drawings and watercolours and 126 monographs by the painters Amedeo and Virgilio Simonetti. The two artists, father and son ...
(Dorian Cara)
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| Amedeo Simonetti, Sul balcone |
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A 14th century triptych entitled Madonna and Child among Saints attributed to the circle of Agnolo Gaddi (1369-1396) has gone missing during the Florence Biennial held at Palazzo Corsini, an Old Master paintings fair which closes on the 7th of October. The work, a small altarpiece measuring 60 x 70 cm is valued ...
(Dorian Cara)
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According to sources in the Italian police force, many works entering the market by the modern artists Schifano, Cascella, Sassu, De Chirico and Brindisi, are believed to be fakes. Thousands of works are reported to have slipped through both police and auction controls, with a subsequent drop in prices due to a saturation ...
(Dorian Cara)
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Prices for Lucio Fontana’s cut canvases were in the region of $ 150,000 (€ 180,650) at Sotheby’s, Milan back in May, showing that his prices continue to dominate the market. In fact, another five “cuts” will be put up for auction on the 25th and 28th June in London by Christie’s, with estimates ranging from ...
(Dorian Cara)
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Twenty days ago the Carabinieri of the Command for the Protection of the Artistic Heritage of Bologna recovered 22 old master paintings and a XVIII Century altarpiece stolen from the church of Sant’Antonio in Francavilla a Mare (Chieti). The overall value was about $ 451,600 (€ 516,460), comprising of 6 paintings ...
(Dorian Cara)
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On the 12th May, two very important bronze sketches by Giacomo Manzù, Giulia and Mileto in a carriage and The Lovers, as well as 44 other pieces, mainly jewels, were stolen from the affiliate museum in Ardea (Rome) of the National Gallery of Modern Art of Rome. Their value oscillates between $ 225,800 ...
(Dorian Cara)
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Recent data released by the Carabinieri's Cultural Heritage Protection Unit has highlighted a growing market in the theft of religious sculpture, both in Italy and Europe. Recent recoveries include a sculpture representing Saint Domenico dating from the XVII century, stolen in 1994 from Sant'Antonio Abate ...
(Dorian Cara)
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Two weeks ago a gang of art faker’s were arrested in Barcelona after a joint investigation by Italian and Spanish detectives after thousands of prints were flooding the market. Salvador Dalì worked under the pseudonym Gala, producing "authentic faked works", whereby blank pieces of paper were signed ...
(Dorian Cara)
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