The painting mysteriously disappeared from the walls of the gallery Ricci Oddi (Piacenza) 22 years and 9 months ago, as it turned out, all this time never left the walls of the Museum

In February 1997 the news of the abduction of paintings by Klimt went around the world. During the 22 years that have passed since her disappearance, the work itself and the circumstances of its disappearance have acquired a huge number of myths and legends. Thus, according to one version, she was among the values that are smuggled to Tunisia former Prime Minister-министр Italy Bettino Craxi, who was hiding there from justice, according to another — nicked out of the Museum building during the confusion in the preparation of new exhibition galleries on the order of a certain unnamed persons.

whatever it was, but during a recent clean-up and reconstruction of the external walls of the gallery, in the cavity, protected sheets and covered with ivy, workers found a black garbage bag with a box inside. In the box was the picture, which, apparently, in all these years never left the walls of the gallery.

of Course, to finally confirm the authenticity of the paintings, will conduct several examinations, however, the gallery Director, Massimo Ferrari is confident that this is it: on the back of the canvas discovered stamps and exhibition labels, confirming the provenance of the "Portrait".

"the Portrait of a lady" is one of the last works of the artist;-known that Gustav Klimt worked on it for the last two years of his life. In the gallery the portrait was several years after the creation, in 1925, and since then has not changed owners.

the Material was prepared by Maria Kuznetsova, AI

Source: elperiodico.com