A stolen painting found in a plastic bag at a London bus stop just sold for $22 million.

Thu, 07/04/2024 - 10:37

A curator in a white shirt and white gloves against a black background holds the edge of a heavy golden picture frame around one of Titian's masterpieces, — A Christie's curator holds Titian's "Rest on the Flight into Egypt."
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"Rest on the Flight into Egypt" and other works were stolen from an English country house in 1995.
The painting, by a Venetian Old Master, was found at a bus stop in 2002 after a tip-off.
The auction house Christie's said the £17.5 million sale price set a record for a work by Titian.

An early painting by one of Europe's most famous painters was auctioned for a record high price years after it was recovered in a shopping bag at a bus stop.