Vittorio Sgarbi and the investigation of the Monte Carlo paintings: “These people who persecuted me are pathetic”

“Excellently? These people who They persecuted me They are pathetic. What do they think they have proved? The fact that the canvas is from the seventeenth century does not mean that the painting is also from the seventeenth century. Do you know how many works are created on recycled canvases? Everyone expects to find a Leonardo or a Caravaggio at a flea market or in an attic. It hardly ever happens. Dicks… do exist, but not this one. ” Vittorio Sgarbi He’s not worried at all A complex story The accused Boulogne Valentine’s DayFrench Caravaggist painter: Il Concert with Drinkers (If true, worth €5.5 million).

According to the Imperia Public Prosecutor’s Office – expected news Daily occurrence Yes Report — The work in 2020 will be Illegal export In the Principality of Monaco By art critics, believed to be the real owner of the painting (and proposed in some interceptions), by his girlfriend Sabrina Cole (He confided in a Whatsapp conversation: «We hope to sell this painting, otherwise we will go bankrupt.») and contractors Gianni Filippini.

The investigation is now closed. X-ray examinationattached to a technical report from the Central Institute of Restoration, which would prove that the work is from the 17th century. It could simply be a lost original.

Former Vice Minister of Culture, now Candidates for the European elections with FdIsaying “This time, for many years, it will also achieve nothing” Victims of these torturers. But do you think the X-rays we rely on don’t prove anything? It’s not like I can X-ray the Fontana and say for sure it’s his.”

Sgarbi believes that it would be more serious to resort to “the evaluation of art experts.” He reiterates that this is a copy“One of them has just been sold at auction in Vananes for 3,500 euros”. The painting under investigation, on the other hand, “is aI didn’t buy it.but from one of mine Ten thousand euros, old friend. When the value exceeds 13,500, it triggers illegal export. He asked me to identify it, but I didn’t identify it. They said my identification was the technical sheet sent by the Secretariat. At the end of the painting, there is It was not sold. So what are we talking about?”

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