The painting "Shepherd" by Jean-Леона Jerome found on the black market. The cost of about three million dollars

In Khabarovsk this week, something unbelievable happened: in the far Eastern art Museum returned the painting, which was stolen seventy years ago.

"the Shepherd" by Jean-Леона Jerome, the work of 1857, is not large, the size of a book. Price — about three million dollars. The Museum staff say that her return — is a miracle. It is usually found or stolen pretty quickly, or not find never.

the story of the discovery of stolen paintings by the French painter shrouded in mystery. Regional FSB only dry reports that the service had operational information about the appearance on the black market what the-то expensive goods. He stole, to assume easy. On the day of the theft in 1946 at the Museum was one cashier and another eight visitors, whose identity could not be determined. To make a small portrait under the flap of his jacket was easy. The authenticity of the paintings there is no doubt, preserved the mark made in 1931. Then the work was handed over from the Hermitage collection in the newly created Museum. Jean-Леон Jerome, which in France was called "salon artist", painted in oil on Board. Because of this, experts say, the work is well preserved and a serious restoration will not be required.

Source: tvkultura.ru