Art restitution

Fourteenth-century Durga stele returned to Nepal

New York, United States; Kathmandu Valley, Nepal · Source report date:

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Fourteenth-century Durga stele returned to Nepal — artwork or case documentation from the linked image source.
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The Durga stele, stolen from a Kathmandu Valley shrine in the 1960s, was returned at a New York ceremony. Investigators seized it after it resurfaced on the art market in 2022.

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

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