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The painting "The Taking of Christ in custody, stolen in Odessa and was found in Berlin, was not painted by Caravaggio, and a copy of the work, preserved in the National Gallery of Ireland. This writes the German news agency DPA, with reference to the representative of the Dublin gallery. According to her, to use the term "forgery" it would be wrong: copying the work of master artist trained by his art, and not trying to deceive anyone.
From an Irish art historian solidarity Caravaggio specialist from Berlin, Roberto Contini (Roberto Contini): in his view, the cost of finding work - from 200 to 500 thousand euros, not more. Earlier media reports appeared that the painting is worth millions and even tens of millions of dollars. "This is a good copy, but it does not compare with brilliant originals are located in Dublin," - said Contini.
Note that if the picture is indeed a copy, it was made more than 200 years ago, since the end of XVIII century original, now based in Ireland, shall be forfeited. He was found only in 1990.
Earlier media reported that the Odessa "Christ" has long been considered a copy of Dublin, but in the 1950's art Xenia Malitskaya found that the picture is also painted by Caravaggio. Moreover, the date of creation of Odessa linen in the media was called in 1598 (Irish Caravaggio is dated 1602 year).
In early July, the director of the Odessa Museum of Western and Eastern Art Vladimir Ostrovsky said that the painting - a copy by hand of Caravaggio, "transfer" Looking from Odessa. " He noted that the picture they took him to major exhibitions in Germany, Italy and Spain. Prior to this, with her team of leading restorers of Ukraine, carried out their cleaning was approved by the museum committee. "Then this 'duck' or a dirty rumor that is supposedly a copy subsided," - said Ostrovsky.
The picture was kidnapped in 2008, and found at the end of June 2010. German police have detained three Ukrainians and one Russian, when they tried to sell the painting. In Ukraine, the same case detained 20 people suspected of aiding a gang of art thieves. Thieves caused serious damage to the picture, a poorly folded her canvas needed restoration.
(Lenta.Ru)