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Trial continues over da Vinci extortion charges
BBC / March 31st, 2010
On trial in Edinburgh, four soliciters deny conspiring to extort £4.25m for the return of Leonardo da Vinci's Madonna of the Yarnwinder painting. The artwork was stolen from the Duke of Buccleuch's Drumlanrig Castle in 2003. Marshall Ronald, 53, one of the soliciters, says the police were ...
Amazing details of hidden Giotto come to light
Vancouver Sun / March 9th, 2010
Restorers used ultraviolet light to examine paintings by Giotto, who is credited as the first of the Renaissance masters, in the Peruzzi Chapel inside Florence's Santa Croce church. Centuries-old restorations have obscured the chiaroscuro effects and original details by the artist's hand. Under ...
Court hears about solicitor's role in Leonardo heist
Times Online / March 3rd, 2010
A solicitor is on trial in Edinburgh for offering to help return a stolen Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece in exchange for a reward. Marshall Ronald, 53, denies being part of a plot to extort £4.25 million from a Scottish duke. Ronald had sent a letter to a London loss adjuster claiming that he was ...
U.K. puts export ban on Raphael drawing
Times Online / February 28th, 2010
A Raphael drawing that fetched £29 million, a world record price for an Old Master drawing at auction, has been barred from export by Britain's Culture Minister. A committee determined the work is of outstanding aesthetic merit. The temporary ban will allow time to try to ...
“Reclaimed: Paintings from the Collection of Jacques Goudstikker”
TCPalm / February 18th, 2010
A cache of artworks stolen by the Nazis from an influential Dutch art dealer now graces the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach in a traveling exhibition. Forty paintings, dating from the Renaissance through 19th c., highlights from the 200 works returned to ...
Renaissance renderings that show an artist in love
Guardian / February 16th, 2010
The Courtauld Gallery in London has mounted a powerful exhibition of the greatest drawings that survive from Michelangelo's hand. Many of these sketches, primarily made as studies for sculptures, paintings and buildings, served as the artist's love gifts. ...