November 14, 2005
Italians seek meeting with Met Museum on looted art
 The Italians are in town, hoping, they say, to right some wrongs.
At Christie's, the delagation has taken possession of two 18th-century paintings by the Milanese artist Andrea Appiani and an undated head of the Roman emperor Trajan, which were all stolen from Italy, according to the New York Times.
More importantly, the Italian officials are trying to secure a meeting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. From the Times report:
Among the objects that Italian officials suggest were looted are a bowl for mixing wine and water dating from the sixth century B.C. and signed by the painter Euphronios, acquired by the Met in 1972, and a third-century B.C. silver service acquired in two batches in 1981 and 1982. In the last five years, Italy has also raised questions about other objects at the museum, including several Apulian and Attic vases that are said to have come from Italy. One is a red-figure Apulian vase dating from the fourth century B.C. and attributed to the Darius Painter, Italian officials said. Much of the Met's Roman and Greek collection has been off limits during an expansion project planned for completion in 2007.
November 14, 2005 01:26 PM in Museums
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