Portrait of a Lady
After years of 'hiding,' Klimt work is a star in Rome show
Mystery still swirls around Gustav Klimt's "Portrait of a Lady" nearly a quarter-century after the painting was stolen from an Italian museum, only to turn up at the start of what would become the coronavirus pandemic.
Painting found in Italian museum wall is stolen Klimt
A painting found stashed inside a wall at an Italian museum has been confirmed as the stolen "Portrait of a Lady" by Austria's Gustav Klimt, prosecutors said on Jan. 17, two decades after the artwork went missing.
The century-old painting was discovered concealed in an external wall by gardeners at the Ricci Oddi Gallery of Modern Art in Piacenza, northeast Italy, last month.
Police think stolen Klimt masterpiece found hidden behind ivy
A painting by the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt that was stolen in 1997 might have been discovered, hidden in a wall of the Italian gallery where it was taken from, officials said on Dec. 11.