Italy now has the right to seize it's bronze Greek statue from J.Paul Getty Museum!
A European court upheld Italy’s right to seize a prized Greek statue from the J. Paul Getty Museum in California, ruling that Italy was right to try to reclaim an important part of its cultural heritage and rejecting the museum's appeal.
"Getty Museum restitutes ancient bronze head to Turkey" by Elena Goukassian #TheArtNewspaper
"Los Angeles’s J. Paul Getty Museum will return an ancient bronze sculpture of a young man’s head to Turkey after an investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office revealed that it had been looted in the 1960s.
Head From a Statue of a Youth (1st century BC-1st century AD), a bronze head with curly hair and light stubble on the chin, is believed to have been created as a separate cast from the rest of a now-lost life-size body that has never been identified. Researchers know the figure was once whole, because the neck has “evidence of ancient joins on the interior along the break”, according to a press release
, and the eyes—now mere holes in the metal—were “once inlaid with an unknown material”."
Palais de justice historique à #Lyon, dit aussi palais des 24 #colonnes.
Construit entre 1835 et 1847 par Louis-Pierre #Baltard, il abrite un décor classé #MonumentHistorique
Les merveilleux albums de #plans sont conservés aux #Archives du département du #Rhône et de la #Métropole de Lyon, où j'ai eu la chance de les étudier lors de la #rénovation du palais.
Mai 2023
La #statue de Jeanne d'Arc qui couronne le #monument aux morts d'un #village. Un village, oui, mais pas n'importe lequel : il s'agit de #Poil, commune de la #Nièvre située dans le sud du #Morvan.
Et maintenant, vous pourrez dire que vous avez vu Jeanne d'Arc à Poil 😉 😅