Lost Spanish Paintings Returned after Century

The two paintings were recovered by the Spanish National Police. Image: Policía Nacional de EspañaIn 1929, the Hospital de los Venerables (Hospital of the Venerable Priests) in Seville, Spain, loaned two oil paintings on oval pine panels by Baroque artist Lucas de Valdés to the Ibero-American Exposition. After the exposition ended in 1930, the paintings were not returned.The Archdiocese of Seville spent nearly a hundred years looking for the paintings. In 2025, a listing in