Law enforcement authorities in Spain raided a home in the province of Alicante and recovered two oil paintings that had disappeared in the 1990s. ‘The Annunciation’ by Domenico Theotokopoulos, also known as El Greco, and ‘The Apparition of the Virgin of the Pillar,” by Francisco de Goya are to be restored to their owners, who had formerly shared them in several international exhibits.
A unit of Spain’s Civil Guard that investigates crimes involving the country’s sizeable patrimony of culture and art had distributed photographs of the two works in question in order prevent their sale to collectors. In October 2010, the Civil Guard received a tip that the two paintings were going to sale. Following intense research and searches, the two works were finally found.
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