Year of Object(s) Creation: 1550 A.D. (approximate)
Estimated Value ($USD): 100,000 (approximate)
Object Type(s): Painting, Religious artifact
Object Material(s): paint, tempera, wood
Provenience Nation: Cyprus
Provenience Location: Paleosofos, Cyprus
Year Removed from Findspot: 1974 (approximate)

Provenance
Start Year: 1974
End Year: 1980 (approximate)
Circumstance of Acquisition: Acquired by Cyprian dealer Aydin Dikmen
Nation: Cyprus
Location: Cyprus
Start Year: 1980 (approximate)
End Year: 1982 (approximate)
Circumstance of Acquisition: Sold by Aydin Dikmen to Michel van Rijn
Nation: Netherlands
Location: Netherlands
Start Year: 1982 (approximate)
End Year: 1985 (approximate)
Circumstance of Acquisition: Sold by Michel van Rijn to Robert Roozemond
Nation: Netherlands
Location: Netherlands
Start Year: 1985
End Year: 1990
Circumstance of Acquisition: Christie's (London) auction purchase by Yiannis Petsopoulos
Nation: United Kingdom
Location: United Kingdom
Start Year: 1990
End Year: 1991
Circumstance of Acquisition: Purchased for $130,000 by "anonymous Swiss collector"
Nation: Switzerland
Location: Switzerland
Start Year: 1991
End Year: 1991
Circumstance of Acquisition: Church of Cyprus protest prevented sale by Sotheby's (London) sale; icon sent to Makarios III Museum, Nicosia
Nation: Cyprus
Location: Nicosia, Cyprus

Cypriot Icon Of St. John The Baptist


Description:
Icon of St. John the Baptist from Church of Christ Antifonitis, Kalograia, Cyprus

Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 1991
Year Claim Resolved: 1991
Means of Resolution: Inquiry/Demand

Complainant Name: Church of Cyprus
Complainant Nation: Cyprus
Complainant Nation Economy: In Transition
Complainant Type: Public: Institution

Respondent Name: Sotheby's, London
Respondent Nation: United Kingdom
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Private: Institution

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