The painting dates from the late 1630s, and is just one of several compositions the young painter made of the subject. It was created by the Italian Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi, a significant female artist.
Italian art detectives have found stolen ancient treasures at a leading Australian university, including an artefact likely smuggled out of the country under piles of pasta, the institution said Friday.She added that Swingler "then smuggled the items to the US hidden among bundles of pasta and other Italian foods".
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Napoleon made looting of precious art more systematic and several wars later, art treasures seem to be the cause rather than the consequence of such rivalries