Posted on 08/11/2015 6:54:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin
A team of Spanish police experts flew to the French island of Corsica on Tuesday to retrieve a masterpiece by Pablo Picasso that was smuggled out of Spain, where it is considered a national treasure.
A spokesman for Spain's Civil Guard said four police experts in national heritage and several Culture Ministry officials flew to recover the painting, "Head of a Young Woman," which is valued at 24 million euros ($26 million). The officer said they expect to return with the painting later Tuesday.
The work is owned by Spanish banker Jaime Botin, brother of the late Emilio Botin, former head of the Santander banking group.
The National Court ruled in May that it could not be taken out of Spain, backing an earlier decision by the Culture Ministry. The ruling is under appeal before the Supreme Court.
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All I saw in the headline was Spanish Fly.
Hmmmm....
“Mr Botin’s lawyers have argued the work should not be subjected to an export ban as it had been painted abroad and acquired in London, and was on board a British-flagged vessel.”
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-12/37m-picasso-painting-seized-on-yacht-returns-to-spain/6690324
Spanish authority looter mentality taken right out of Atlas Shrugged.
Would have cheered if he was rich enough to destroy the painting rather than suffer the injustice of having it unjustly seized after years of petitioning to sell it aboard.
Eff socialist-fascist-communists!
Might be a Bill Cosby master-piece
Isn’t that Caitlyn Jenner’s Glamour Shot? *SMIRK*
LOL! Perfect!
I prefer Mr. Bouguereau's style.
She’s lovely.
Now THAT is painted by a REAL artist.
“I prefer Mr. Bouguereau’s style.”
I think Mel Gibson took the final scene of The Passion of the Christ from his Pieta.
The other work of art that simply blows my mind are the ‘veiled’ marble head pieces.
Google them - I can’t post pix at work.
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