Lost Painting Attributed to Leonardo Seized from Swiss Bank Vault
The portrait of Isabella d’Este, which Italian police have been trying to track down for over a year, was about to be sold for €120m
"Swiss federal police, working with the Italian Carabinieri and financial police, have seized a long-lost painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci from the bank vault of a Lugano-based trust. The portrait of Isabella d’Este, the marchesa of Mantua and a leading patron of the Italian Renaissance, was due to be sold privately for €120m."
Ermanno Rivetti, The Art Newspaper, 10 February 2015
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