Stolen by the Nazis from the villa of a collector in Tuscany
A 14th-century panel returns to Italy after 70 years
Andrea di Bartolo, Dormitio Virginis, XIV sec.
E. Bramati
03/06/2014
Milan - It's been 70 years since the Nazi soldiers burst into the house of art collector Frederick Mason Perkins in Lastra a Signa, near Florence. About twenty works were stolen from the house on July 20th, 1944, including a 14th-century "Dormitio Virginis" by the Sienese painter Andrea di Bartolo.
Thanks to the intervention of the Carabinieri Unit for the Cultural Heritage Protection of Monza, the masterpiece has finally returned home. Its journey, the details of which are still confidential, had led it first to Canada and then to England, until its return to Milan, probably due to a sale, had been intercepted.
Now the work, which depicts the Virgin sleeping surrounded by the apostles before her assumption in heaven, will be restored by the Pinacoteca di Brera. It will stay there until it is returned to the Bishopric of Assisi, to which the widow of Mr. Perkins decided to donate it.
Meanwhile, the carabinieri of the TPC are continuing the investigation, hoping to find the other works.
Thanks to the intervention of the Carabinieri Unit for the Cultural Heritage Protection of Monza, the masterpiece has finally returned home. Its journey, the details of which are still confidential, had led it first to Canada and then to England, until its return to Milan, probably due to a sale, had been intercepted.
Now the work, which depicts the Virgin sleeping surrounded by the apostles before her assumption in heaven, will be restored by the Pinacoteca di Brera. It will stay there until it is returned to the Bishopric of Assisi, to which the widow of Mr. Perkins decided to donate it.
Meanwhile, the carabinieri of the TPC are continuing the investigation, hoping to find the other works.
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