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At the Uffizi in Florence, an eighteenth-century painting attributed to Gian Domenico Ferretti, loaned by the museum Calvet of Avignon, came apart from its frame falling heavily to the ground.
According to what was reported, the painting, Philota on trial before Alexander the Great, would have fallen down during the night between Friday and Saturday and the custodians would have found it when they opened the museum. As the Corriere Fiorentino explains, the painting is not damaged, but the frame is slightly cracked. Therefore, both the work and its legitimate owners have suffered damage. However, the latter are not going to claim for damages as the painting is insured. “The hook gave in, but luckily nothing serious happened. When it arrived in Florence it was already like this, it has not been touched. We could restore it in one morning – says the director Antonio Natali – but as it is French property we have to wait for decisions from the museum Calvet”.
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