THE ARCHIVE BY COUNTRY
Published reports from our archive, newest first.
A country may refer to the theft, recovery, return or legal proceedings. A case can be linked to more than one country.
5 reports
Infobae reports that Peruvian police recovered Virgen de la Leche, a colonial-era Ayacucho-school painting listed as stolen, in San Isidro. Culture Ministry specialists confirmed its identity; it was seized and taken for conservation assessment. The report does not announce restitution to an owner or a conviction.
One of the objects returned to Peru. Image: FBI. Image source ↗
The FBI handed over 48 objects at the Peruvian embassy after investigations in New Mexico and Nevada. The group included colonial paintings and textiles, ceramics and silver ornaments.
Two stolen colonial religious paintings repatriated to Peru — artwork or case documentation from the linked image source. Image source ↗
Manhattan prosecutors announced the return of two colonial paintings following an investigation into stolen religious art. The release describes the repatriation ceremony and identifies the works’ source communities.
Two eighteenth-century paintings stolen from a church near Lake Titicaca were handed over to Peruvian authorities in New York. The works, including The Pilgrim Virgin, had been offered to auction house Doyle before they were seized. Image: Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.
Peru’s Ministry of Culture confirmed the return of Virgin of Guadalupe, stolen from Santiago Apóstol church in Ollantaytambo in 2002, and Pentecost, stolen from Santa Cruz de Orurillo church in Puno in 2001. Both works had returned from the United States. The image shows Virgin of Guadalupe at a repatriation event in Los Angeles.
