Year of Object(s) Creation: 200 C.E.
Estimated Value ($USD):
Object Type(s): Bust
Object Material(s): marble, stone
Provenience Nation: Italy
Provenience Location:
Year Removed from Findspot:

Provenance
Start Year: 2023
End Year:
Circumstance of Acquisition: Siezed by the Manhattan district attorney’s office
Nation: Italy
Location:
Start Year: 2005
End Year: 2022
Circumstance of Acquisition: Left in bequest to San Antonio Museum of Art by Gilbert M. Denman Jr.
Nation: United States
Location: San Antonio Museum of Art
Start Year: 1992
End Year: 2004
Circumstance of Acquisition: Acquired at Sotheby’s New York by Gilbert M. Denman Jr.
Nation: United States
Location: Private collection of Gilbert M. Denman Jr.
Start Year: 1990
End Year: 1992
Circumstance of Acquisition: Sold to Royal-Athena Galleries in New York by Robert Symes
Nation: United States
Location: New York
Start Year:
End Year: 1990
Circumstance of Acquisition:
Nation: United Kingdom
Location: In possession of antiquities dealer Robert Symes

Italian Marble Head Of Emperor Hadrian


Description:


Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated:
Year Claim Resolved: 2023
Means of Resolution: Inquiry/Demand

Complainant Name: Government of Italy
Complainant Nation: Italy
Complainant Nation Economy: Developed
Complainant Type: Public: Government

Respondent Name:
Respondent Nation: United States
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Private: Institution

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Editor's Notes:
Part of a group of 14 artifacts returned to Italy collectively worth $2.5 million. First documented uncleaned and covered in marine encrustations in a polaroid photograph. The polaroid was recovered by Italian law-enforcement authorities during a raid of the office and warehouse of well-known antiquities trafficker Giacomo Medici in 1995. Edited by: Arianne Ohara