Stolen Francis Bacon Portrait Recovered in Spain
May 24 2024
Picture: BBC
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
News from Spain that a stolen painting by Francis Bacon has been recovered by the authorities. A group of pictures from the same collection had been stolen a number of years ago, with three begin recovered in 2017. This example, depicting the banker José Capelo had purportedly been valued at €5m.
Categories
- Research
- Exhibitions
- Auctions
- Discoveries
- Conservation
- Heroes of art history
- 15th Century & Earlier
- 16th Century
- 17th Century
- 18th Century
- 19th Century
- 20th Century
- 21st Century