Italian police returned to Russia a cello stolen in the 90s from the State Collection of Unique Musical Instruments of the Russian Federation. This was reported by Irina Volk, representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. telegram channel.
We are talking about a 17th century instrument created by the Italian master Giovanni Batista Rogeri, a student of Nicolo Amati. The cello belonged to the National Music Museum of Russia. It was stolen in 1995, when the instrument was loaned to one of the musicians.
“Based on this fact, a criminal case was opened, especially for large-scale theft,” Volk emphasized.
A representative of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs stated that the item was also included in Interpol’s database of information on stolen cultural property. In 2018, the cello was spotted in France: it was put up for auction, but was later removed from auction. Later, the national headquarters of Interpol, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, learned that the instrument had been transported to Italy, where it had already been seized by local police officers.
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