Owner of rediscovered Giotto valued at £10m loses High Court battle over export

The owner of a rediscovered early Renaissance painting has been blocked from taking the work to Switzerland after a High Court judge rejected her claim over the granting of an export licence.

Kathleen Simonis applied to Arts Council England (ACE) in 2015 for an EU export licence to take Mado…

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