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The Staten Island Zoo is weathering a storm of controversy over the prediction made by its resident groundhog, Staten Island Chuck, on Feb. 2 an annual event at the zoo. Chuck popped up on a Facebook livestream at the designated hour, on the designated day, but something seemed . off. After hours of accumulating snow in the New York area, the
New York Post reported, Chuck was seen to emerge into bright sunlight with no snow on the ground, his handlers wearing sweatshirts. So there ya have it, folks, we re gonna have an early spring, announced zoo executive director Ken Mitchell. Viewers weren t fooled, one commenting, Welppp, this isn t live. Previous Groundhog Day celebrations at the zoo have also raised a ruckus. In 2014, a stand-in groundhog named Charlotte died after being dropped by Mayor Bill de Blasio, and in 2009 Chuck bit Mayor Mike Bloomberg s finger.
A copy of Salvator Mundi, the price record-smashing painting said to be a rare work by Leonardo da Vinci, was found in a bedroom cupboard in Naples on Saturday, reports the BBC. The recovered copy, maybe dating from the early 1500s, is thought to be by one of da Vinci's students, possibly Giacomo Alibrandi. A 36-year-old man at the residence was arrested on suspicion of receiving stolen goods, police said. The painting had been in the Doma Museum collection at the .
Italian police have found a 500-year-old copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi in a Naples flat and returned it to a church that had no idea it had been stolen.
Officers said late Monday they had arrested the 36-year-old owner of the apartment on suspicion of receiving stolen goods, after the painting was found in his bedroom cupboard.
Depicting Jesus Christ with his hand raised in a blessing and holding a crystal orb, the painting is part of the Doma Museum collection within the San Domenico Maggiore church complex in Naples.
It is a copy of Leonardo’s famous work that in 2017
By Michael Bamidele 21 January 2021 | 12:32 pm
Police officers stand next to the recovered Salvator Mundi painting. | Image: Ciro Fusco/EPA
A 500-year-old copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi has been recovered from a flat in Naples, Italy and returned to a museum that had no idea it had been stolen. x
According to the police statement, the artwork was discovered at an apartment during a search in the Italian city. Police Chief Alfredo Fabbrocini said the 36-year-old apartment owner was detained after offering a dubious explanation that he had “casually” bought the painting of Jesus at a flea market in the southern Italy city.