Stolen Antonio Ligabue self-portrait recovered after a museum visitor recognized it
The woman who reported the 1991 theft recognized Self-Portrait with Scarecrow at a retrospective at Forte di Bard. A technical assessment supported the match, and Carabinieri returned the painting to her on a judicial order in October 2022. The collector who had lent it to the exhibition opposed the return, ANSA reported. The ANSA photograph compares the painting at different dates.
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