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Italy: Leonardo da Vinci copy handed back to museum that didn t know it had been stolen
The Italian museum where the oil painting belonged was not aware of the theft. The artwork is believed have been painted by Giacomo Alibrandi a student of Leonardo da Vinci.
Police found the copy of the famous Salvator Mundi during the weekend
A 500-year-old oil painting, stolen from a museum in Naples, has been retrieved from an apartment on the edge of Naples, police said Tuesday.
Staff at the San Domenico Maggiore museum were not even aware that the portrait of Christ was missing as it has been closed since the second wave of the coronavirus outbreak hit Italy in the autumn of last year.