Overview
- The investigation is being led by Granada’s Robbery Group with support from the National Police’s Historical Heritage Brigade, and no arrests or suspects have been identified.
- Detectives are reviewing security footage from the CajaGranada venue and from a hostal in Deifontes, where the transporters made an unplanned overnight stop near the destination.
- CajaGranada says the works were delivered on October 3 to a monitored area and signed for without an exhaustive item‑by‑item check because some packaging lacked complete numbering.
- The absence of the Picasso was discovered on October 6 during unpacking for the ‘Bodegón | La eternidad de lo inerte’ exhibition, which brought together more than fifty privately owned works.
- The missing piece is a small 1919 gouache titled ‘Naturaleza muerta con guitarra,’ insured at about €600,000 and reported to have dimensions of roughly 12.7 by 9.8 centimeters.