Investigators seized the Attic Greek cup from the Met last year. They, and others, doubt the museum’s reconstruction of it from fragments was simply a product of genius.
Tag: Arts and Antiquities Looting
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Museums Are Returning Precious Silver Lost to the Nazis
Some German institutions have begun to give back cups, candlesticks, teapots and other items of crafted silver that Jews were forced to surrender during the reign of the Third Reich.
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The Headless Statue of a ‘Roman Emperor’ Is Seized from the Met
Investigators said there was evidence that the bronze, on loan to the museum and valued at $25 million, had been stolen from Turkey.
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The F.B.I. Has an Art Crime Team. And These Days, It’s Busy.
A raid of the Orlando Museum of Art, in which 25 works attributed to Jean-Michel Basquiat were seized, has placed renewed spotlight on the unit.
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Cambodia Says It Has Recovered Looted Gold Jewelry Once Worn by Royals
The 77 items had been in the collection of Douglas A.J. Latchford, accused of trafficking in looted antiquities, and were returned under an agreement with his estate.