The court also fined ex-
A team of Spanish police experts flew to the French island of Corsica in 2015 to retrieve Picasso’s masterpiece “Head of a Young Woman,” which is valued at
The work was owned by Botín, the former head of
Corsican authorities said that they had been tipped off about an attempted smuggling of the prized painting from
They said the oil painting, which comes from the Cubist master’s “pink period” and features a woman with long black hair, was seized when the boat’s captain was unable to produce a certificate.
On the boat, authorities found a document in Spanish confirming that the work was of “cultural interest” and was banned from leaving
The verdict can be appealed.
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