Art: Vanishing Treasure
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The complexities of international law in the art world were demonstrated again by the U.S. customs decision in the matter of the Raphael Portrait of a Young Girl, triumphantly exhibited by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts only 20 months ago. Siviero protested that it had been illegally exported from Italy; the museum protested that it had done nothing wrong, but it was generally conceded that the picture had been smuggled through customs in a briefcase by one of the Boston's own curators. Goaded by Siviero, U.S. customs seized the painting and mulled over the issue for eight months. Last week officials announced the decision: the Boston "bore no responsibility" for the illegal smuggling. Probably by arranged agreement, the museum announced that it was sending the painting back to Italy.
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