Art restitution

17 works from Castelvecchio robbery returned to Italy

Verona, Italy and Ukraine · Source report date:

Italian officers presenting a recovered religious painting from the Castelvecchio collection.
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The Culture Ministry confirmed the return of works stolen in Verona in November 2015 and recovered in Ukraine in 2016.

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Art restitution

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Rembrandt, Self-Portrait (1630), Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

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