In a heist with a happy ending, a stolen Lavery oil made its way back to Stonyhurst College, Lancashire, where it now inspires headmaster John Browne, as Carla Passino discovers.
When a consignment arrived from Lancashire for the upcoming Irish & International Art sale in late 2019, staff at Whyte’s auctioneers had a nasty surprise. Not because its quality was disappointing — indeed, it was a masterpiece — but because the painting in question, Youth and Age by…
