Two 17th-Century Paintings Recovered After Nearly 100 Years Missing
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Its inclusion in an auction allowed these works to be recovered, which originally belonged to the main altarpiece of the Church of the Hospital of the Venerable Priests. More information: Resignations and protests at the CGAC after the appointment of its future director, professor of institute and artist
The National Police has recovered two oil paintings on an oval pine board, works by the prominent 17th-century Sevillian painter Lucas Valdés, which had been missing for a century, according to the agents themselves in a statement today Monday. The pieces, depicting biblical scenes, belonged to the Hospital of the Venerable Priests of Seville and there they returned for the weekend last week. Their trail had been lost in 1930, after the Ibero-Am…
Spanish police have recovered two paintings by 17th-century artist Lucas Valdés that had been missing for almost a hundred years.
Long-Lost Lucas Valdés Paintings Resurface at Auction Amid Spain’s Restitution Battles
Spanish police have recovered two 17th-century paintings by the Sevillian artist Lucas Valdés that disappeared nearly a century ago after the 1929 Ibero-American Exposition in Seville, according to authorities. The works surfaced earlier this year when they were consigned for auction, prompting an investigation by Spain’s National Police and the country’s culture ministry. The two oval-shaped oil paintings on pine panel once belonged to the H…
The 17th century works, lost after the Ibero-American Exhibition of 1929, reappeared in the catalogue of an auction house and were restored to the Archbishopric of Seville. Read more
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