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Junk Dealer's 'Horrible' Painting Revealed as $6M Picasso

A Capri cellar find, dismissed by the owner's wife, is authenticated as a genuine Picasso portrait by experts.

  • Luigi Lo Rosso discovered the painting in 1962 while clearing out a cellar in Capri, Italy.
  • Despite the distinctive Picasso signature, the painting was dismissed by Lo Rosso's wife and hung in their Pompeii home for decades.
  • Andrea Lo Rosso, Luigi's son, pursued the painting's authenticity, seeking help from experts including art detective Maurizio Seracini.
  • Graphologist Cinzia Altieri confirmed the signature as Picasso's, identifying the subject as Dora Maar, Picasso's mistress.
  • The painting, now valued at €6m, is stored in a Milan vault awaiting final authentication from the Picasso Foundation in Málaga.
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