After the death of her father, Andrea Lo Rosso decides to seek the advice of an art expert. The signature so often observed is finally authenticated as that of Picasso, by Cinzia Altieri, graphologist and member of the scientific committee of the Arcadia Foundation. The painting that hung in the family living room for decades is believed to be an original portrait of Dora Maar, Picasso’s muse, and has been estimated to be worth €6 million.
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The bust of Dora Maar painted in 1938 and found 20 years later after having been stolen in 1999 from the yacht of a Saudi Sheikh, would be a second portrait painted at a different time. According to Luca Marcante, president of the Arcadia Foundation, “These are probably two portraits, not exactly identical, of the same subject painted by Picasso at two different periods.”he told the Italian newspaper II Giorno.
The painting was discovered by Luigi, father of Andrea Lo Rosso, while he was emptying the cellar of a house in Capri in 1962. And given its current value, the Italian is lucky that his mother did not is ultimately not decided to throw it away.
