Italian police thwart illegal sale of Artemisia Gentileschi painting
by Associated Press in Rome from on (#61JJG)
Carabinieri allege dealers fraudulently exported 2m work by 17th-century baroque artist for auction in Vienna
Italian police have prevented the potential illegal sale by a Viennese auction house of a 17th-century painting by the baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi.
The carabinieri art squad said dealers had allegedly described the work as being painted by a follower of Gentileschi, and not the artist herself, in order to fraudulently obtain export permission from Italian authorities.
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