The painting by Greco de Paradas was transferred to the archbishopric of Seville for safekeeping after the attempted theft.

As the mayor of this small municipality in the Seville countryside, Rafael Cobano, explained to this newspaper, this decision was already made for the time it would last. the work that will be carried out in the parish from next May, even if the unpleasant event of last morning forced the priest to bring forward this decision.

Thus, the painting, property of the parish, was transferred to Seville, guarded by the Civil Guard, throughout this morning. dependencies of the archbishopricwithout specifying its new location and whether it will be exhibited to the public.

This decision has its reason in the theft that occurred this morning in the parish. As detailed to this newspaper by the Civil Guard, approximately four o’clock in the morning this Wednesday Some people (the number of whom remains to be determined) entered the temple through the sacristy door. The alert was triggered, which alerted church officials, in this case the priest and deacon.

The thieves went to the parish museum, near the sacramental chapel. There, behind a fence and under a security system, is the painting painted by El Greco, between 1580 and 1585. These individuals, realizing that they could not obtain the desired object, left the museum passing through the sacramental chapel, where on a side wall hung a replica of “The Penitent Magdalene”. It was a photograph located in the same place where the Crete-born painter’s painting was originally located. This copy is the one the thieves took.

A team from Judicial Police of the Civil Guard of Osunawho took charge of the investigation, already continued, was in the morning of this Wednesday, December 24, in the parish of San Eutropio, inspecting the temple and trying to collect all the existing evidence, as well as the images from the cameras of the parish museum. Currently there are no detainees.