El Greco Update
June 23 2025
Picture: The Art Newspaper
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Art Newspaper have published an update on the El Greco of Saint Sebastian, which was withdrawn earlier this year from the Christie's New York sale.
According to the article:
Romania has now secured a "long-term hold", ensuring Saint Sebastian (around 1610-14) will remain at Christie's New York "until Romania’s recovery efforts are heard and resolved by the proper legal authorities", according to a letter shared with The Art Newspaper by Nixon Peabody, the law firm representing the state of Romania in New York in this case.
It also transpires that the consignor of the work was Dmitry Rybolovlev, former owner of Leonardo's Salvator Mundi.
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