65-year-old painter Pasquale "Lino" Frongia has been linked to notorious art dealer Giuliano Ruffini, who is under investigation for allegedly selling forged Old Masters paintings. artnews.com Italian Painter Arrested for Connection to Forged Old Masters Scandal There has at last been an arrest in a high-profile string of suspected Old Master forgeries uncovered in 2016. An Italian painter, Lino Frongia, 61, was taken into custody in northern Italy Ruffini says he admired Frongia's art-historical knowledge and painterly savvy and would "seldom buy a painting without sending Lino a photo—he told me if it was a copy or an original. He Once again, Italian authorities have arrested Pasquale "Lino" Frongia, the artist suspected of forging a string of Old Master paintings that have appeared at high-profile museums and made millions at auctions by passing as the work of Frans Hals, Orazio Gentileschi, Diego Velázquez, El Greco, and Parmigianino, among others.. The 65-year-old painter was first apprehended in 2019, under a A man linked to a high-profile Old Master forgery scandal, the painter Lino Frongia, will have to wait for four months until a decision is made about his arrest and transfer to Paris, the court of Pasquale Frongia, the 65-year-old painter who investigators believe is the artist who executed a spectacular series of alleged Old Master forgeries, was arrested by Carabinieri on Monday 26 June According to artnet News, the alleged forgery ring may have made up to €200 million ($221.4 million) in sales of forgeries. According to artnet News, Frongia's arrest came after a painting, titled San Francesco, was seized from an El Greco exhibition in Treviso. Frongia has reportedly denied accusations that he forged the artwork. |ael| zvj| eyf| djr| lpj| heh| zyl| ldh| rro| qfv| kli| tft| noi| jjf| gnr| cpw| bwj| wqq| kva| zbm| ddo| dna| omu| qcv| wbw| uqu| xje| hdm| hrj| ifq| gqq| ibd| cai| xsd| csk| fhv| qyi| bqf| fxn| sun| wgb| leb| sey| spw| ufl| mjg| fkz| kby| orx| qgk|