British Woman Agrees to Return Stolen Renaissance Painting to Italian Museum

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A woman from Norfolk, England, has for years refused to return a 16th-century painting that was stolen from an Italian museum more than 50 years ago, claiming that her then-husband had bought it in good faith and therefore had no reason to return it.

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According to The Art Newspaper, Barbara De Doza had inherited the painting from her late husband, who is believed to have purchased it from an Austrian art dealer shortly after the 1973 robbery.

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This is what The Guardian writes. A resident of Norfolk, UK, Barbara de Doja agreed to transfer to the Belluno City Museum a painting by the Italian artist of the 16th century Antonio Solario, known as Lo Zingaro, “Madonna with a Baby”. The work of art was stolen from a museum in Italy in 1973. After years of reflection and conviction, the art lawyer Barbara de Doja decided to transfer the painting to the Belluno City Museum. In March, the woman…

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The painting "Madonna and the Baby" by Antonio Solario, abducted from the Italian Civil Museum of Belluno in 1973, returned to the collection after almost half a century of disappearance, reports The Guardian. Her current owner, Barbara de Doja of Norfolk, England, agreed to hand over the work to the museum after lengthy negotiations with a lawyer who specializes in returning stolen works of art.