A 6’4” headless bronze statue is leaving the Cleveland Museum of Art after 37 years as part of an international art looting investigation. Last month,...
A 6’4” headless bronze statue is leaving the Cleveland Museum of Art after 37 years as part of an international art looting investigation. Last month, a New York judge signed a warrant to seize the statue, which is believed to have been trafficked through New York.is titled “Draped Male Figure, c. 150 BCE–200 CE, Roman or possibly Greek Hellenistic”.“The Emperor as Philosopher, probably Marcus Aurelius , c. AD 180–200, Turkey, Bubon , Roman, late 2nd Century”.
The investigation comes as part of a broader movement reexamining the ethics of many museums and collections that ranges from colonial conquest to modern provenance, the history of a piece’s ownership.
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