Art restitution

Stolen Roman statue recovered in Belgium and returned to Italy

Rome, Italy · Source report date:

Officers standing beside a recovered Roman statue wrapped for transport.
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Carabinieri located a first-century BC marble statue stolen from a Rome villa about a decade earlier. ANSA reported its February 2021 return following a European investigation order.

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

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