Thursday, December 23rd, 2010

Recovery of Painting by Albrecht Dürer Leads Italian Police to Various Pieces of Stolen Art

December 20, 2010 by All Art News  
Filed under Art Crime & Legal, Featured

ROME.- Sixteen paintings that had been stolen at various times from private homes and churches will be back by Christmas, to their rightful owners. The works of art seized by police in September for the protection of cultural heritage have been recovered from the house of a Roman designer and ‘at large were reported stolen to the public prosecutor of Rome. In his house were found and photographed 180 paintings from various periods, purchased in markets and fairs across Italy, [...]