Art restitution

Stolen Hanuman temple sculpture returned to India

Tamil Nadu, India and Australia · Source report date:

Hanuman temple sculpture standing with hands joined in front of the chest.
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India announced the sculpture’s return from Australia and its April 2023 transfer to the Idol Wing as case property.

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

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