guy Posted September 10, 2022 Report Share Posted September 10, 2022 (edited) A Roman mosaic held for years in a Los Angeles storage facility has been repatriated to Italy: According to officials involved the case, the mosaic appeared in “cultural property records” in 1909. Then, in 1959, the mosaic resurfaced in a newspaper advertisement for sale in the Los Angeles area. No details surrounding the former owner’s acquisition of the piece have been released. According to the FBI, the owner offered to repatriate the work after learning it was unsellable due to lack of sufficient provenance information. Italy’s police force, the Carabinieri, authenticated the mosaic and worked with the owner to facilitate its return to Rome, which occurred in April. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.artnews.com/art-news/news/roman-mosaic-repatriated-to-italy-1234638576/amp/ https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/09/06/fbi-returns-roman-mosaic-italy Edited September 10, 2022 by guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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