Long-lost Canova sculpture bought for couple’s garden could fetch £8m - The Guardian

Recumbent Magdalene, an art world ‘sleeping beauty’, was identified in 2002 after it was bought for £5,200

It was one of the last marble sculptures completed by the great Italian artist Antonio Canova before his death in 1822 and depicts Mary Magdalene in a state of grief. But Maddalena Giacente (Recumbe… [+3687 chars]

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