Museum Denies It Bought Art That Was Looted

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LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for the J. Paul Getty Museum have determined that half the masterpieces in its antiquities collection were bought from dealers suspected of selling artifacts embezzled from Italy, according to a report.

Getty officials knew as early as 1985 that several of their suppliers were selling artworks that probably had been looted, but the museum continued the acquisitions, according to hundreds of documents obtained by the Los Angeles Times.

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Museum Denies It Bought Art That Was Looted

Italian authorities are demanding the return of 42 objects in the Getty c...

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