Caravaggio picture was stolen from the Odessa museum

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Thank you, laugh with you my story CPRF!
Why is this mysterious stranger chose this institution to transfer the national heritage ?! What was his motivation? Expropriation?
I wanted to fix the old communist truth "art belongs to the people" and the Communist Party and the people - are the same, then art must belong to the Communist Party? Saw a story about a grave moral life of the "oppressed women of the East" or guided by other reasons ?!

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Kidnappers paintings by Caravaggio, "The Kiss of Judas" will be extradited from Germany. , Told journalists today Interior Minister Anatoly Mogilev. He said that in Germany, was found stolen Caravaggio painting in Ukraine worth about 100 million dollars "After examination in Berlin painting will be returned to the Ukraine, and extradited to the kidnappers," - he said. A. Mogilev explained that on 25 June 2010. Berlin arrested three citizens of Ukraine and one - in Germany, who found and paintings of famous masters. Their accomplices are also detained in Ukraine. "Searches conducted in 1920, proved their involvement in the 20 burglaries in the territory of Ukraine", - said the minister. He noted that the group has operated for several years and was engaged in theft of valuables. The attacker found an expensive car, more than 2 thousand mobile phones.
Painting Caravaggio, "The Kiss of Judas" was stolen from the Odessa Museum of Western and Eastern Art in August of 2008. As expected, it flown to Germany for sale.
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In the case of the abduction of Caravaggio detained 20 Ukrainians
 
In the case of the abduction of Caravaggio's paintings from the Museum of Odessa in the Ukraine were arrested 20 people suspected of belonging to an international gang of kidnappers pictures, reports Associated Press.
Of course the painting "The Taking of Christ in custody" (or "Kiss of Judas"), as previously reported, was found June 25 in Berlin during the joint German-Ukrainian operations involving counter-terrorism unit GSG 9. Now this information was confirmed by the police in Germany. The four suspects - three Ukrainians and a Russian - were arrested while trying to sell the picture. Citizens of Ukraine awaits extradition, Russians will be judged Berlin, where, according to some sources, he has a home.

Critics have already confirmed the authenticity of paintings, according to Berliner Kourier. The picture has been damaged: criminals unsuccessful canvas, and there were traces of folds. The restoration will take several months. (...)/Lenta.ru

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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)

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During the visit of President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych to Germany planned act of transfer and return of stolen earlier from the Odessa Museum of Western and Oriental Art painting by Italian artist of the Renaissance Michelangelo Merisi Caravaggio's "Taking of Christ in custody, or Kiss of Judas."
It is reported by the Department of Public Relations Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine on Monday, quoting the press-secretary of the interior minister Irina Shinkarenko. The official delegation to Germany, went to Interior Minister Anatoly Mogilev, Interfax reports.
(Interfax)

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Arrested in Berlin, three Ukrainians, members of large gangs, which more than 11 years engaged in theft of antiques in Ukraine. According to some reports, in Ukraine the same day was delayed another 26 gang members (mostly antique dealers). OPG has exposed a secret militia Special Operations Executive (SOE), enter the group and find a painting by Caravaggio helped embedded in a gang secret agent.
Abduction paintings by Caravaggio in 2008 - not only stealing from Odessa museum. In the words of its director, Vladimir Ostrovsky, in reconciling the funds were missing from 136 works of art. About 110 exhibits have disappeared under the previous keeper of the museum collections. Their fate is not known - that the museum died

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