Two 17th-century paintings recovered after nearly 100 years missing

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25/05/2026 - 10:23 GMT+2

The National Police have recovered two oval oil paintings on pine panel by the 17th-century painter from Seville Lucas Valdés, which belonged to the Hospital of the Venerable Priests in Seville and had been missing for almost a century.

The investigation began in September 2025, when the Ministry of Culture, through the Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Goods unit and after being alerted by the Archdiocese of Seville, informed the National Police that two works listed in an auction house catalogue might have been stolen from the church of the Hospital of the Venerable Priests in Seville.

Missing since 1930