Marchig vows to fight on in ‘Leonardo’ case

THE saga of the portrait sold by Christie’s in 1998 as ‘19th century German’, but now claimed as a long-lost work by Leonardo da Vinci, has taken a new turn following the dismissal of the complaint against Christie’s lodged by the work’s consignor.

On January 31, US District Judge John G. Koetl ruled that the case could not be brought to court bec…

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