Berlin 29-06-2010
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio - bild Wikipedia
A 400-year-old canvas which has been attributed to the Italian master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio - an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily between 1593 and 1610 – which was stolen nearly 2 years ago from a museum in Odessa, Ukraine and presumed lost has been discovered by German police.
A group of international of art thieves – and not very smart ones it seems – tried to sell the painting on in Berlin and were caught in an apparent sting operation.
The group of 3 Ukrainian nationals and a German, were arrested as they attempted to sell the painting in Berlin.
There has been some doubt about the provenance of this particular masterpiece which is known as ‘Judas’s Kiss’ – - the origins and ownership have been cast in some doubt as certain art experts think it is just a copy of a similar painting at the National Gallery in Dublin.
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