Italian Court Orders Getty Museum To Return Statue To Italy

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Italian Court Orders Getty Museum To Return Statue To Italy

Italy’s highest court has ruled that the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles must hand over an ancient Greek statue that was first discovered by Italian fisherman.

The museum says it believes the court order violates U.S. and international law, and that it plans to “continue to defend our legal right to the statue.”

The museum purchased “Statue of a Victorious Youth,” a bronze piece of art dated to 300-100 B.C., for nearly $4 million in 1977.

It’s one of only a few life-size Greek bronze statues to have survived to the modern day, according to the Getty Museum.

NPR

https://www.npr.org/2018/12/05/673760066/italian-court-orders-getty-museum-to-return-statue-to-italy

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