Controversy About Whether a 'Nativity' of the Monastery of Sijena Found in the Prado Came Out Illegally

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At the end of May, the Supreme Court ordered Catalonia to return the murals of the chapter hall of the Royal Monastery of Sijena . The High Court endorsed the ruling of the High Court of Justice of Aragon and condemned the MNAC of Barcelona to restore the works to the Royal Monastery of Oscense. More than a month later, the controversy between Aragon and the MNAC over the return of the works continued, but now an unexpected protagonist has emerg…

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Juan José Nieto, historian and expert of the City Council of Sijena, suspects that 'La Natividad' is currently exhibited at the Prado Museum in Madrid

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The Prado Museum expects to know the details of the official report on the table of La Natividad, which was part of the main altarpiece of the Monastery of (Huesca) and which today hangs on the walls of the museum to assess the situation and “act accordingly”, reports EFE. bra“La or was bought in good faith; if it is now shown that the history was not as we thought, it will proceed accordingly”, explains EFE this Wednesday the Director of Commun…

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As a result of the documentation provided by the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya to the government of Aragon at the request of the judge of Huesca, the historian and expert in the case of the paintings of Sijena by the City Hall of Oscense, Juan José Nieto, assures that the board of La Natividad, a Gothic painting that was part of the main altarpiece of the cenobio and that is exhibited in the Prado Museum, was able to leave its rooms illegall…