Cigoli "Painted" Bulgaria- found Precious Canvas


Italian Baroque Era Painter Lodovico Cigoli might be the author of
the recently found in Bulgaria precious painting, local media
reports. Photo by bTV

Lifestyle: 24 October 2004, Sunday.

Italian Baroque Era Painter Lodovico Cigoli might be the author of
the recently found in Bulgaria precious painting, local media reports.

The reports came despite the experts' conclusions that canvas imaging
the Bible scene of "Abraham's Sacrifice of Isaac" is authentic. The
invaluable masterpiece believed to be painted by famous Venetian
artist Titian or at least a skillful student of his school was found
in a private house in the town of Stara Zagora, south Bulgaria, on
October 14.

Interpol declared the canvas wanted after it had been reportedly
stolen from the home of a Greek art collector living in Nicosia,
Cyprus, last May.

However, the 24-aged man arrested in Stara Zagora and released on a
1,000 bail a day later claimed that the Greek handed the invaluable
picture to him to store it and, if possible, to find buyers for it.

Lodovico Cigoli, an Italian painter, architect and poet, was born at
Cigoli in Tuscany. Educated under Alessandro Allori and Santi di
Tito, he formed a peculiar style by the study at Florence of
Michelangelo, Correggio, Andrea del Sarto and Pontormo.