Heavy damage suffered by Guercino found in Morocco

Heavy and extensive damage was sustained by the Madonna with Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Gregory the Wonderworker, the Guercino work stolen in Modena in 2014 and found a few weeks ago in Casablanca, Morocco. Yesterday, in the Moroccan newspaper Telquel, an article signed by Mehdi Michbal reconstructed the vicissitudes suffered by the painting and released a photograph that leaves little room for imagination about the damage suffered by the canvas during its period of absence from the church of St. Vincent, where it was kept.

The canvas, Michbal writes, “was found in a disastrous state, as we were able to see for ourselves.” “Thirty percent of the work,” police sources explain, “was found to be damaged. The services of the BRJP (Moroccan Judicial Police, ed.) are in contact with the Italian authorities for its return.” Four people have already been arrested following the discovery, but two others found to be connected to the theft are still wanted on Moroccan soil.

Source: Telquel

Image: Guercino, Madonna and Child with Saints John the Evangelist and Gregory the Wonderworker (1629-1630; oil on canvas, 293 x 184.5 cm; Modena, San Vincenzo, stolen 2014)

Heavy damage suffered by Guercino found in Morocco

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