ROME (ITALPRESS) – “We worked closely, I personally dealt with this dispute” said the Minister of Culture Gennaro Sangiuliano regarding the sentence of the Court of Strasbourg on the return to Italy by the Getty of Malibu of the Greek statue of ‘Victorious athlete of Lysippus.
“Since I became Minister, over 100 works have been returned from the United States of America, as many from Great Britain. I issued a circular in which we established that no more loans will be made to museums that have disputes with Italy. For the first time I brought to the attention of the two French Ministers I met a dossier relating to the vases found in the Louvre. We are working to bring back to Italy the works that have been stolen and which belong to our nation”. You concluded by returning to the Court’s decision “It’s good news” .xl5 / tvi / gtr].
