Getty Museum returns Italian regular values
The relationship between the Los andzhelesskim Italy and the Getty Museum, has been corrupted because of the illegally exported artifacts in museum collections have been gradually improving. Recently, employees of the American Museum of agreed with his colleagues from Florence on a number of exhibitions on ancient art . And now representatives of the Getty officially announced that the return to Italy a fragment of Roman frescoes, dating from the third quarter I century BC. e. This part of the wall depicting the landscape in 1996 was transferred to the museum collection of the New York collectors Barbara and Lawrence Flyayshman (Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman). Then the cost was estimated at 150 thousand dollars.
decided that the object should be returned to their homeland, it was about a year ago, when experts Getty discovered his image in a directory published by the Ministry of Culture of Italy. According to curator Carol Wright (Karol Wight), dealing with ancient artifacts, in this edition was printed «supposed reconstruction» solid works, which, in addition to fragments from the collection of the Getty, were two more have already returned to Italy. One of them kept in the collection of the Art Museum of Los Angeles (LACMA), which also came from husbands Flyayshmanov, while the second belonged to New York collector Shelby White (Shelby White).
«Seeing this reconstruction, we immediately realized that should get in touch with the Ministry, to begin the final removal of this product in our collection and organize his return to Italy», - told Carol Wright.
«We appreciate the relationships with our colleagues from Italy, as well as the opportunity for scientific dialogue which enriches our understanding of common cultural heritage and helps to locate items such as this, repatriable», - said director of the Getty Museum Michael Brand (Michael Brand).
A fragment of a wall with the fresco had been removed from the exhibition at the Getty Villa and will be transferred to the Ministry of Culture of Italy in May 2009.
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