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PART II OF II: US Attorney Reveals Legal and Factual Claims in Forfeiture Lawsuit Against Cristo Portacroce – Case Reveals Italy’s Refusal to Turn Painting Over to Gentili di Giuseppe Family

ByRick St. Hilaire

 Portrait of Girolamo Romano,painter of the disputed artwork known asCristo Portacroce Trascinato Da Un Mangoldo. In support of the warrant seizing Christ Carrying the Cross Dragged by a Rogue…

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PART I OF II: US Attorney Reveals Legal and Factual Claims in Forfeiture Lawsuit Against Cristo Portacroce – Argues That Painting Loaned to The Brogan by The Brera Was Stolen, Smuggled, and War Material

ByRick St. Hilaire

 “The Brera,”which once possessed the Romano paintingseized by ICE in Florida on November 4, 2011.Author: Masi27185. Creative Commons License Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) seized the…

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Museums at Risk – Results of the 2011 ICCROM-UNESCO International Storage Survey

ByRick St. Hilaire

Museums are at risk. That is the conclusion of the 2011 ICCROM-UNESCO International Storage Survey conducted between June and September by the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation…

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ICE Seizes Stolen Art From Florida’s Brogan Museum – Said To Be Taken During WWII

ByRick St. Hilaire

ICE seizes Romano painting said to be stolen by the Nazis.  Photo courtesy of ICE Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials in Tallahassee, Florida yesterday served a seizure warrant on “Christ Carrying the…

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Los Angeles County Judge Orders Getty Museum to Mediate Armenian Zeyt’un Bible Pages Dispute

ByRick St. Hilaire

The Matenadaran in Yereva, Armenia where the Zeyt’un Gospel Bible is housed,minus the seven pages at The Getty in L.A.Author: TigranMets (Creative Commons) The Getty Museum and the Western Prelacy…

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AIA Submits Public Comments to CPAC in Support of Bulgaria’s MoU Request

ByRick St. Hilaire

The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) yesterday submitted public comments supporting Bulgaria’s request for a Memorandum of Understanding that would implement US import protections covering cultural artifacts.  The comments were…