JGolomb Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 A twist in Getty Museum's Italian court saga Was the J. Paul Getty Museum acting in good faith when it purchased one of the finest ancient bronze statues in existence? That will be the central question before an Italian judge after Friday's closing arguments in a long-running legal battle in Pesaro, Italy. At stake is a much-coveted work believed by some to have been created by Alexander the Great's personal sculptor and plundered by Roman soldiers around the time of Christ before being lost at sea. A regional public prosecutor alleges that the Italian fishermen who discovered the Greek statue in 1964 failed to declare it to Italian customs officials and sold it to middlemen, who smuggled it out of the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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