Overview
- A hearing is set for April 2026 at the Ivrea court after Amedeo Goria opposed a request to dismiss the case.
- Goria says Giorgio de Chirico’s La storia di Venezia was stolen from his father in 1969 and later sold at Christie’s for £35,000, which he argues was far below its value.
- Carabinieri reports allege intermediary Marco Germasi knowingly handled the work, had it restored to obscure its origin, secured certification, and reintroduced it to the market.
- The Fondazione De Chirico rejected the painting in 2010 as altered, then certified it after further restoration in 2013, and it entered the market in 2015.
- Investigators sought searches, records from Christie’s Milan, and a UK rogatory for possible receiving stolen goods, money laundering, and illicit export, but the prosecutor moved for dismissal due to offences added to the code only in 2022.