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Goya The Swing (or Kite)

The Swing
Also called "The Kite"
1886 - 1787 Oil on canvas
38 5/8 inches by 66 1/2 inches
169 cm x 98 cm
Esther Koplowitz Collection, Madrid Spain

This painting is one of the 14
paintings stolen from Koplowitz on August 8, 2001.

UPDATE: The paintings were later recovered in
2002 through a sting operation.
A complete F.B.I. report can be read here.

The U.K. Guardian has a news story about this here.

 

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