PICTURES DISAPPEAR.
A MYSTERY OF MADRID. VALUABLE ART SPECIMENS. A. and N.Z. . MADRID. Aug. 11. Three famous pictures by Van Dyck, valued at £40,000, Velasquez's "Christ Crucified," valued at £B7OO, and a Titian, valued at £27,000, mysteriously disappeared from the house of Senor Isidor Urzaiz, one of the richest collectors in Spain. He is at present at San Sebastian. A steward entored the Senor's residence in Madrid and. found the three discarded picture-frames. Other treasures in tho house had not been touched. There were no signs of a forcible entry having been made.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19405, 13 August 1926, Page 11
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93PICTURES DISAPPEAR. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19405, 13 August 1926, Page 11
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