Exterior of the Baths of Diocletian in the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri in Rome, pictured in an undated photo. Italy has been so successful in recovering art and objects illegally exported from the country that it has launched the Museum of Rescued Art to showcase them. Its rotating exhibits are displayed in the Octagonal Hall inside the ancient baths. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Antmoose / Anthony M. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
ROME (AP) – Italy has been so successful in recovering ancient artworks and artifacts that were illegally exported from the country that it has created a museum for them. The Museum of Rescued Art now operates in a cavernous structure that is part of Rome’s ancient Baths of Diocletian. The Octagonal Hall exhibition space was designed to showcase Italy’s efforts, through patient diplomacy and court challenges, to get valuable antiquities returned to Italy, often after decades in foreign museums or private collections.
‘View of the Sea at Scheveningen,’ an 1882 Van Gogh painting that was one of two stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam in 2002. An alleged drug trafficker from Italy who is suspected of purchasing the work on the black market was recently arrested in Dubai. Public domain image of the painting courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
ROME (AP) – One of Italy’s most wanted men, an alleged top drug trafficker suspected of having bought two stolen Van Gogh paintings on the black market, has been arrested in Dubai, Naples-based police said August 19.
Photo of Lady Justice by Dev Kulshrestha, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license
MILAN — Italy has won a legal victory in its bid to reclaim an ancient marble statue it asserted was stolen after it turned up in the possession of a New York antiquities dealer. Continue reading
