'Lost' £8m masterpiece missing for 60 years after it was sold by death penalty abolitionist to be auctioned - The Telegraph

An Antonio Canova scholar says ‘it is a miracle’ the marble sculpture of ‘great aesthetic beauty’ has been found 200 years after completion

A statue kept in a back garden and last sold for just £5,200 has been identified as a lost Antonio Canova masterpiece valued at up to £8 million. The marble figure of a recumbent Mary Magdalene was … [+950 chars]

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