Art restitution

Golden Boy and Kneeling Woman returned to Thailand

Bangkok, Thailand · Source report date:

Golden Boy, formerly catalogued as Standing Shiva (?), accession 1988.355a–c. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Golden Boy, formerly catalogued as Standing Shiva (?), accession 1988.355a–c. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Image source ↗
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The bronze sculptures Golden Boy and Kneeling Woman arrived in Thailand on 20 May 2024 and were formally handed over in Bangkok the following day. The Metropolitan Museum of Art returned them after determining that they had been illegally exported. At publication they were displayed at Bangkok National Museum.

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Rembrandt, Self-Portrait (1630), Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

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