AP: Getty Museum artworks alleged to be products of looting

Getty Museum artworks alleged to be products of looting

ASSOCIATED PRESS

September 26, 2005

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

Getty officials knew as early as 1985 that several 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.

Italian authorities are demanding the return of 42 objects in the Getty collection they believe were stolen, including ancient urns, vases and a 5-foot marble statue of Apollo.

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