A painting that passed through French dealer Giulano Ruffini’s ownership, attributed to Lucas Cranach the Elder, was sold by Colnaghi in 2013 (under Konrad Bernheimer’s management at the time). Venus with a Veil was sold to the Princely Collections of Liechtenstein for €7m but has since been seized in France and had its attribution questioned.
It remains to be seen whether the French investigation will lead to a report being published but in November, the director of the Liechtenstein collection released a document to counter claims that the work is a forgery.
