Stolen Klimt case re-opened

March 17 2014

Image of Stolen Klimt case re-opened

Picture: Guardian

DNA testing of the frame around a Klimt stolen in 1997 may yield clues over its disappearance, reports The Guardian:

More than 17 years since it was stolen from a gallery in northern Italy, Gustav Klimt's Portrait of a Woman [detail, above] is reportedly once again the subject of a police investigation after technological advances allowed for the case to be reopened.

The oil painting, believed to date from 1916-1917, was stolen from the Ricci-Oddi gallery in Piacenza in February 1997 and disappeared without a trace.

Now, thanks to more sophisticated testing of the frame, investigators are hoping that new test results will provide a DNA match with one or more suspects, the Italian news agency Ansa reported.


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