Italian Treasure, Stolen, Recovered, and on Display at Museum of Fine Arts Boston

ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By TAHLIB

"Senigallia Madonna" (1470s) by Piero della Francesca

MASSACHUSETTS---The Museum of Fine Arts Boston presents another visiting masterpiece as part of the 2013 Year of Italian Culture. Piero della Francesca’s 15th-century tempera and oil on panel, the "Senigallia Madonna" (1470s) is normally on view in the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, in the Ducal Palace of Urbino. This exceptional work by one of the masters of the Renaissance was one of three stolen paintings recovered in 1975 by Italy’s famed Carabinieri Cultural Heritage Protection Command (CCHPC), specializing in protection of Italy’s cultural heritage on a national and international level. It will however be on display in Boston through January 2014.

Museum of Fine Arts Boston: "Visiting Masterpiece: Piero della Francesca, Senigallia Madonna," (Ends January 6, 2014), Avenue of the Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts; (617) 267-9300, mfa.org