Stolen Picture Returned to Italian Church

March 25 2025

Picture: Hampel

Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:

The Italian press have reported on news that a painting by Claudio Ridolfi of the Presentation of the Virgin has been returned to the chiesa di Passera in Stresa (on Lake Maggiore), where it was stolen from in 2009. The picture was discovered by police when it was put up for sale at the auction house Hampel in 2023, where it was swiftly seized by the German authorities and returned to Italy. The canvas has since been restored and will be redisplayed in the church shortly.

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