Operation Budapest

Operation Budapest was a joint investigation between the Italian Carabinieri, the Hungarian police and the Greek police.

On 5 November 1983 the following works were stolen from the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest:

• Self-portrait, Giorgione
• Esterhazy Madonna, Raffaello Sanzio
• Portrait of a Gentleman, Tintoretto
• Portrait of a Gentlewoman, Tintoretto
• Portrait of a Young Man, Raffaello Sanzio
• Madonna and Saints, Giambattista Tiepolo
• Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Giambattista Tiepolo

They were all recovered in an abandoned convent in Aigio, Greece.

Bibliography

• Comando Carabinieri - TPC, Anno Operativo 2001, Edizioni De Luca, Roma 2001