(ANSA) - TURIN, MAY 19 - A portrait by the painter Titian, believed lost, was recovered by the carabinieri of the Cultural Heritage Protection Unit of Turin.
As far as he learns from investigative sources, this is an extraordinary find.
The masterpiece, after the confiscation order issued by the prosecutor of the Piedmontese capital, will be returned to the Italian state.
The details of the operation that led to the recovery of the painting will be illustrated during the restitution ceremony, this afternoon at 5 pm in Palazzo Chiablese, in Turin, in the presence of General Roberto Riccardi and superintendent Luisa Papotti.
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