Repatriated from Malta and returned to the Diocesan Museum of Benevento pictorial work depicting San Gennaro

In April 2022 a painting of considerable importance, depicting San Gennaro, was repatriated from Malta and destined for public fruition. Entrusted to the Diocesan Museum of Benevento, the subject in question went through a process of assignment of custody and faculty of use carried out by the Police for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Udine.

The search for the painting was carried out through a precise investigation, finally finding it on the site of a Maltese online auction house. Further investigations are still underway aimed at discovering the identity of those who possessed the work during the years of its disappearance.

This situation fundamentally underlines how extremely important the constant monitoring and protection of cultural heritage is, within any artistic field.