There is a stolen painting from an Italian museum in England, but its new owner wants to keep it

LONDON (AP)-A plate was found in the sixteenth century that was stolen more than 50 years ago-and is now in the center of the nursery battle between a widow in England and a small Italian museum.

“Madonna and Child” Antonio Solario was taken in 1973 from the Civil Museum in the town of Bilono in the Dolumite Mountains, in northern Italy. Later on, it was purchased by Baron de Duza and transferred to his home in Tudor Manor, East England, according to Crystone Marinilo, a lawyer who specializes in restoring stolen artwork and landing. He is now in Barbara de Duza, former Baron’s former wife.

Marinilo pledged to return the painting to Pilono, where his family has roots.

“I have a family contact with this area, and I decided that I will adhere to a race,” said Marinilo, who helped ART Recovery International to track artists including Henry Mattis, Henry Moore and return him to its legal owners.

But in this endeavor, it was frustrated so far. Marinilo said on Tuesday that de Douza refused to give up the painting, despite being told “she never loved her.”

“She does not hang her-she reminds her of her ex-husband,” he said.

De dozsa did not immediately respond to the request to comment from the Associated Press.

Marinilo said that the re -discovery of the painting started when Barbara de Duza tried to sell it through an auction house in England a few years ago, and it was recognized as a stolen artwork.

The local police force, Norfolk Constabulary, was called, but in the end the painting was returned to De Dozsa.

The force told AP that the UK judicial authorities advised to restore the technical work because “several years have passed and there was no response from the Italian authorities regarding the investigation.”

Norfolk police said they are not currently investigating the case.

Solario paintings, which worked throughout Italy in the early sixteenth century, sold at an auction for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Marinilo said that “Madonna and the Child” may be worth less than 100,000 pounds (128,000 dollars).

“It is not Rambrant,” he said, but he added: “It has a value that exceeds its cash value.

“Solario was from the area, so it is very important for the Beluno people.”