Getty Had Signs It Was Acquiring Possibly Looted Art, Documents Show

Felch, J., and Frammolino, R. (2005) ‘Getty Had Signs It Was Acquiring Possibly Looted Art, Documents Show’, Los Angeles Times, 25 September (with revision 9 October).

Attorneys for the J. Paul Getty Museum have determined that half the masterpieces in its antiquities collection were purchased from dealers now under investigation for allegedly selling artifacts looted from ruins in Italy.

Italian authorities have identified dozens of objects in the Getty collection as looted, including ancient urns, vases and a 5-foot marble statue of Apollo.

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