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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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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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Art on Temporary Loan from Foreign Lenders – Immunity from Seizure and the Brogan Museum

ByRick St. Hilaire

According to a story published in The New York Times on October 11, 2011, the US Attorney for the Northern District of Florida requested that the Mary Brogan Museum of…

The Lender Collector

ByRick St. Hilaire

NPR has an insightful story on a recent trend: lending an art collection.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122619567 ©2010-2022 Cultural Heritage Lawyer Rick St. Hilaire. Content discussing cultural heritage law, art law, looted antiquities, stolen…