Italian authorities have confirmed a painting found hidden in the wall of a Piacenza art gallery is the long-lost 'Portrait of a Lady' by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt.
in Piacenza found the canvas, partially concealed by a black trash bag, while cleaning ivy off a wall.
The portrait, which depicts a young woman with rouged cheeks and dark hair, disappeared from the gallery during a building renovation in 1997 and was presumed stolen.that experts had deemed the painting to be authentic.
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