Versace’s Zoffany portrait was ‘stolen from family in 1979’
Just hours before Sotheby’s sold the contents of Gianni Versace’s Lake Como villa on March 18, they withdrew an 18th century portrait by Johann Zoffany after its subject’s family claimed that it had been stolen from their home in London 30 years ago.
The portrait of Major George Maule - acting chief engineer at Madras - is believed to be one of four…