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A Stolen 16th Century Madonna Painting Is at the Center of Dispute Between Widow and Small Italian Museum
For Belluno's residents, the Madonna and Child represents a piece of their cultural heritage. The widow, the lawyer, and the town remain at an impasse. Whether the painting will ever return to ...
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Late baron’s ex-wife who owns 16th-century painting stolen 50 years ago refuses to return it — even though she ‘never really liked it’
The painting hung in his Norfolk Tudor-style home called East Barsham Manor, which Henry VIII referred to as his “small country palace,” according to the Guardian. The “Madonna and Child ...
The Globe and Mail22d
Painting stolen from Italian museum found in England, but its new owner wants to keep it
A 16th-century painting stolen more than 50 years ago has been found – and is now at the centre of a custody battle between a widow in England and a small Italian museum. “Madonna and Child ...
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Monk inserts Buddhist deity into Madonna and Child work
Featured in the work is an unusual image added to the iconic Madonna and Child painting. In it, the mother of Jesus is portrayed as the Kannon bodhisattva, a Buddhist deity. Tetsujo Suda ...
Euronews21d
Why a British owner refuses to return a stolen Renaissance painting
In 1973, ‘Madonna and Child’ by Antonio Solario was stolen. The 16th century Renaissance-era painting was taken from the civic museum in the town of Belluno in the Dolomite mountains of ...
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Stolen 16th-century Italian painting surfaces in Norfolk - but owner refuses to give it back to museum
The Madonna and Child painting by Antonio Solario was acquired in 1872 ... Previous recoveries include a Matisse painting, which was stolen in 1987 from Stockholm's Museum of Modern Art. He believes ...