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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...panel through customs at Logan Airport, probably in his briefcase or under his coat. Meanwhile, the Italian government -piqued at the loss of a documented national treasure-began an investigation. It concluded that the Raphael came to the U.S., directly or indirectly, through an Italian art dealer, Ildebrando Bossi, who died a month ago. Italy's leading art investigator, Rodolfo Siviero, asserts that Bossi bought it "for a very small sum" in 1947 from the aristocratic Fieschi family in Genoa. At the time of his death, Bossi was under indictment for selling the national treasure and exporting it illegally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Smuggled Treasure | 1/18/1971 | See Source »

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