Operation Budapest was a joint investigation between the Italian Carabinieri, the Hungarian police and the Greek police.
On 5 November 1983 the following works were stolen from the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest:
- Self-portrait, Giorgione
- Esterhazy Madonna, Raffaello Sanzio
- Portrait of a Gentleman, Tintoretto
- Portrait of a Gentlewoman, Tintoretto
- Portrait of a Young Man, Raffaello Sanzio
- Madonna and Saints, Giambattista Tiepolo
- Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Giambattista Tiepolo
They were all recovered in an abandoned convent in Aigio, Greece.
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