Ceding art to Italy, Met avoids showdown

From: International Herald Tribune | Date: February 21, 2006| Author: Hugh Eakin and Elisabetta Povoledo | Copyright information


International Herald Tribune

02-21-2006

Hugh Eakin reported from New York for this article, and Elisabetta Povoledo from Rome.* Areview of the Met's dealings with Italy suggests that a recent deal to repatriate some antiquities resulted less from new evidence, as indicated by the Met's director, than from a coalescence of pressures and opportunities.Early this month, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that it was pursuing a deal to return to Italy a set of Hel...

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