A Guercino painting that was
stolen in 2014 from San Vincenzo church in Modena has been found
in Casablanca, according to website Le Site.info on Thursday.
It said the 1639 oil painting, 'Madonna with Saint John the
Evangelist and Gregory Thaumaturgus', had been offered for sale
by three fences to a Moroccan businessman and art collector who
recognized the painting's value and alerted authorities.
Casablanca police arrested the three men while they were
attempting to sell the painting.
The large (about 293 x 185 cms) painting was one of
Guercino's most renowned, admired and photographed works, and
its value is impossible to estimate.
Le Site.info said the painting was offered for 10 million
dirhams (equivalent to about 940,000 euros) and one of the men
who was trying to sell it had lived for an extended period in
Italy.
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