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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Dalya Alberge

Norfolk woman hands over 16th-century painting identified as stolen 50 years ago

A detail from the Solario artwork.
A detail from the Solario artwork. The painting will be returned to the Civic Museum of Belluno. Photograph: Art Recovery International

A 16th-century Madonna and Child painting that ended up with a woman in Norfolk after it was stolen from a museum in Italy half a century ago is to be returned to its rightful owner.

After years of soul-searching, and persuading by an art lawyer who was acting pro bono, Barbara de Dozsa decided to hand it over to the Civic Museum of Belluno, which last saw the painting in 1973.

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