The stolen art that found its way home

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It has been established that 32 paintings from the Italian Macchiaioli school that went missing during the second world war had passed into the ownership of the city art gallery in Dunedin, New Zealand. The paintings, which were hidden by their owner, Cino Vitta, who was head of the Jewish community in Florence, Italy, when Jews were being deported to concentration camps, were purchased at a market in Siena, Italy, in 1944 by a soldier serving in the 5th New Zealand Field Ambulance. Two paintings from the collection, 'Woman Rocking a Baby' by Odoardo Borrani and 'The Baker's Shop at Settignano' by Telemaco Signorini, are now to be auctioned.

Marketing, Investigations, Art thefts, Painting, Painting (Art)

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Leonardo's Lost Supper

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Those who have inspected the restoration of Leondardo da Vinci's 'The Last Supper' in the dining hall of the friary of Santa Maria della Grazie in Milan, Italy, have been impressed, according to art restorer Pinin Brambilla. However, her work has attracted considerable controversy. She found it particularly interesting to reveal the original faces in the painting, which had been obscured and changed by subsequent restoration efforts. She points out that particularly damaging restoration took place in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Interview, Remodeling and renovation, Art restorers, The Last Supper (Leonardo da Vinci; 1498) (Painting), Brambilla, Pinin

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The miracle man

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Franciscan Capuchin monk Padre Pio, who died in 1968 at the age of 81, is to be beatified by Pope John Paul II on May 2, 1999. It is anticipated that this event will draw more than 1 million people to Rome, Italy. At the time of his death, Padre Pio was famous for what seemed to be stigmata wounds on his feet, hands and side. His great popularity and his medieval mysticism often brought him into conflict with leaders of the Roman Catholic Church. Now, he has become a strong cultural icon, and few people openly criticize him.

Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities, Population information, Religion, Public opinion, Monks, Padre Pio

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