Picasso painting found in Greek gorge years after heist

June 30, 2021 / 7:54 AM

Sharjah24 – AFP: Greece on Tuesday said it had recovered a Picasso painting personally donated by the Spanish master to the Greek people, almost a decade after it was stolen alongside two other artworks in an audacious heist at the National Gallery.

"Head of a Woman", gifted by Pablo Picasso to Greece in 1949, was recovered in Keratea, a rural area some 45 kilometres (28 miles) southeast of Athens, officials told a news conference.

Police said a 49-year-old builder had confessed to stealing the artworks in 2012 and had been arrested.

The man said he had initially hidden them in a home but had recently stashed them in thick vegetation at a local gorge.