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Italian police find stolen 500-year-old painting of Christ in Naples cupboard – ABC News

An artwork believed to have been painted by Leonardo da Vinci’s student Giacomo Alibrandi is found in a Naples apartment, with staff at the museum where it had…

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A 500-year-old painting stolen from a Naples’ church museum has been discovered in an apartment on the outskirts of the southern Italian city.

  • The oil painting is a copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s famous Salvator Mundi artwork
  • The 36-year-old owner of the flat has been arrested
  • There was no sign of a break-in at the musuem where the artwork was housed

Staff at the San Domenico Maggiore museum were not even aware the portrait of Christ, believed to have been painted by Leonardo da Vinci’s student Giacomo…

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