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An artwork squad run by Italian police retrieved a $7 million paintings from the Renaissance interval virtually 20 years after it was illegally transported to Switzerland.

Two Swiss residents are at the moment beneath investigation of transporting “Portrait of a Man with a Beret” by Tiziano Vecellio, often known as Titian, in line with police. It was found in Italy’s Asti space of Piedmont mid-restoration after it had been lacking since 2004.

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Italian-born Titian studied artwork in Venice beneath Sebastiano Zuccato and Gentile Bellini. He reached fame throughout his lifetime and was commissioned for an alter piece in a church and a cupboard in a duke’s private fortress.

Italy established its artwork squad, Comando Carabinieri Tutela Patrimonio Culturale in 1969 to fight the unlawful trafficking of paintings. At the moment there are 280 officers on the pressure.

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Later, in 1980, it will set up a database referred to as Leonardo to maintain monitor of all its lacking paintings. As of 2020, there have been 1.1 million items uploaded to the database. There’s presently an app in English and Italian that enables customers to add footage of paintings to see if a chunk is within the database or not.