Year of Object(s) Creation: 13C A.D.
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Object Type(s): Painting, Religious artifact
Object Material(s): fresco, paint
Provenience Nation: Cyprus
Provenience Location: Lysi Chapel, Northern Cyprus
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Cypriot Frescos From Church Of Euphemianos


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Frescos from Church of Euphemianos (Lysi, Cyprus)

Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 1984
Year Claim Resolved: 2011
Means of Resolution: Private Negotiation

Complainant Name: Church of Cyprus
Complainant Nation: Cyprus
Complainant Nation Economy: Developed
Complainant Type: Public: Institution

Respondent Name: de Menil Collection
Respondent Nation: United States
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Private: Institution

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Editor's Notes:
Michael Jansen, War and Cultural Heritage: Cyprus after the 1974 Turkish Invasion (Univ. Minnesota, 2005). Don Hofstadter, "Annals of the Antiquities Trade: The Angel on Her Shoulder," New Yorker (July 13, 1992). https://iconreader.wordpress.com/2012/03/30/800-year-old-frescoes-returned-to-cyprus/