Posted on May 4, 2024
European Court Upholds Italy’s Right To Confiscate Getty Statue
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Dating back 300 B.C. to 100 B.C, “Victorious Youth” is a signature piece at the Getty Villa. The feud over this life-sized statue is part of a broader debate on the restitution of cultural patrimony that’s impacting museums worldwide.
Italy has been trying to recover the statue for decades, arguing that it was unlawfully exported. The Getty, in turn, maintains that the statue is not part of Italy’s cultural heritage and that the confiscation order is illegitimate.
Italy has been trying to recover the statue for decades, arguing that it was unlawfully exported. The Getty, in turn, maintains that the statue is not part of Italy’s cultural heritage and that the confiscation order is illegitimate.
European Court Upholds Italy’s Right To Confiscate Getty Statue
Posted from laist.com
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Posted 24 d ago
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel In an email statement, a spokesperson for the museum told LAist: “[We] believe that Getty’s nearly fifty-year public possession of an artwork that was neither created by an Italian artist nor found within the Italian territory is appropriate, ethical and consistent with American and international law."
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