Getty to return further head to Italy

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Terracotta head of Hades found near Morgantina. Source: MiBACT

The J. Paul Getty Museum is to hand overĀ a terracotta head to Italian authorities tomorrow (details on Looting Matters). It will then be put on display in the museum at Aidone, alongside other objects returned from North American collections.

The head’s return raises wider questions about how the Getty acquired material from private collections in the 1980s in spite of the 1970 UNESCO Convention.

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