A European court on Thursday upheld Italy’s right to seize a prized Greek statue from the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, ruling that Italy was justified in trying to reclaim an important ...
Known as Victorious Youth, the 5ft-tall artwork has been attributed to Lysippos, Alexander the Great's personal sculptor Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images The Getty Trust in the US must return to ...
Italy is celebrating the return of around 600 antiquities that were looted years ago then sold to American museums and ...
ROME — A European court on Thursday upheld Italy’s right to seize a prized Greek statue from the J. Paul Getty Museum in California, ruling that Italy was justified in trying to reclaim an ...
FILE - Reporter Sookee Chung takes a photo of a sculpture titled "Statue of a Victorious Youth, 300-100 B.C." at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, on July 27, 2015. A European court upheld ...
Among other things, the Getty has argued that the statue is of Greek origin, was found in international waters and was never part of Italy’s cultural heritage. It has cited a 1968 Court of ...
ROME (AP) — A European court on Thursday upheld Italy’s right to seize a prized Greek statue from the J. Paul Getty Museum in California, ruling that Italy was justified in trying to reclaim ...