The Medici Conspiracy (48 page)
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Authors: Peter Watson
Kantharos by Euphronios, totally restored, on display in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.
Murky Polaroid of the Griffins, sitting on an Italian newspaper with encrusted soil, found in Medici's warehouse in Geneva.
Medici shown alongside the restored Griffins in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.
Giacomo Medici, photographed alongside the Euphronios krater in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. This photograph was found during the police raid on his warehouse in Geneva Freeport. He was photographed several times with objects he had handled, after they went on display in museums around the world.
Marion True, with Christo Michaelides, in Greece, 1998
Robert Hecht photographed alongside the Euphronios krater in the Metropolitan Museum. This, too, was found in Medici's warehouse in Geneva.
Two of the fresco walls Medici dealt in. These are shown
in situ
, as they were found, photographed by the tomb raider, and show small balls of
lapillæ
, volcanic ash, filling the room to a depth of several feet and even adhering to the ceiling.
in situ
, as they were found, photographed by the tomb raider, and show small balls of
lapillæ
, volcanic ash, filling the room to a depth of several feet and even adhering to the ceiling.
The female figure from fresco wall 1, shown partially reassembled after the looting. The joins between the pieces have been covered with plaster prior to re-painting.
Another fresco wall, showing the pieces cut into lap-top size fragments, reassembled and laid out on the restorer's trestle table in Zurich, like a large jigsaw, prior to total restoration. The photo was found in Geneva.
Another wall, reassembled and framed, almost ready for market. The upper panel is fresco wall 2. Beneath it is fresco wall 3. Was this entirely covered with volcanic
lapillæ
in illustration on page 6, or is it a separate wall entirely?
lapillæ
in illustration on page 6, or is it a separate wall entirely?
Christo Michaelides (left) and Robin Symes at a black-tie dinner in Monte Carlo, July 1999. The following evening, in Italy, Christo fell down some stairs, hit his head on a radiator, and died in hospital. His death triggered the fall of Robin Symes.
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