Painting found inside Italian gallery wall confirmed as a Gustav Klimt
Gardeners discovered Portrait of a Lady while clearing ivy at gallery in Piacenza
A painting found hidden in an Italian gallery in December is an authentic Gustav Klimt piece stolen almost 23 years ago, experts have confirmed.
The Portrait of a Lady was one of the world’s most sought-after stolen artworks before it was found concealed in a wall of the Ricci Oddi modern art gallery, the same gallery from where it went missing in the northern city of Piacenza.