Sotheby’s Cancels Auction of Stolen Aivazovsky Painting

Ivan Aivazovsky (Hovhannes Aivazian), ”˜Evening in Cairo,’ 1870
LONDON””The international auction house Sotheby’s withdrew from auction on Tuesday a painting by Ivan Aivazovsky that Russia’s Interior Ministry said last week had been stolen in 1997 from a private collection in Moscow, Reuters reports.
The auction house said “Evening in Cairo”