It bears the title "Blagovestansky Sabor".

Switzerland finds painting stolen from Serbian palace in 1993

The painting is an important national cultural property of Serbia.

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The Swiss police announced that they had recently confiscated, in the city of Zurich, an important painting that had been stolen from a palace in Serbia in 1993, in an operation that accompanied the arrest of people in Switzerland and Serbia, thanks to the cooperation of the authorities of the two countries.

"In the middle of the week, prosecutors seized a painting stolen from a Serbian palace in the 1990s during searches in the city of Zurich," Zurich Cantonal Police said.

This painting is an important national cultural property in Serbia.”

The work "Blagovestansky Sabor" by the painter Vlaho Bokovac was stolen from Chilarevo Palace (Serbia) in 1993. The confiscation took place last Wednesday.

The police said that, in connection with the case, a 44-year-old Serbian and another 76-year-old with Swiss and Serbian citizenships were arrested in the city.

The Public Prosecutor's Office in Zurich has initiated criminal proceedings against the two men.

The 44-year-old was released without police revealing the reasons.

And the Beta news agency reported that three people had been arrested in Serbia, who were suspected of being involved in an attempt to sell the painting.

It is noteworthy that the painter Vlaho Bokovac was born on July 4, 1855 in Cavtat (present-day Croatia and then Austria-Hungary), and died in Prague on April 23, 1922. The artist traveled a lot during his life and lived in North America and Europe.

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