Overview
- The 1919 work, 'Naturaleza muerta con guitarra', measures 12.7 by 9.8 centimeters and is valued at about €600,000 after being reported missing from an October 6 shipment to a Granada exhibition.
- Police traced the misdelivered package to a Chamartín building where the porter, Dolores, had kept the bubble‑wrapped item after finding it at the gate and assuming it was a mirror or routine parcel.
- On October 22, officers from several units questioned Dolores and her husband, Armando, during the operation to recover the artwork.
- Spain’s Policía Científica authenticated the painting and confirmed it suffered no damage.
- Authorities cite transport and inventory errors for the disappearance, the carrier accepted responsibility, an international stolen‑art alert was triggered, and the piece was returned to the exhibition organizers in Granada.