"The ninth object, a marble head of the Greek god Hermes, had been excavated from ancient Roman houses on the Caelian Hill in Rome in the late 19th century and, decades later, was sold to the San Antonio collector Gilbert M. Denman Jr by an Italian antiquities dealer who provided no provenance documents; Denman donated it to the Sama in 1986."
"Works returned to the Ministry of Culture of Italy that remain on view at the San Antonio Museum of Art include a fish plate from the workshop of Asteas and Python (around 340BC, left) and a krater or mixing bowl featuring a nude young man and seated woman, and attributed to Python (around 330BC, right) Courtesy Ministry of Culture of Italy and San Antonio Museum of Art"
The San Antonio Museum of Art repatriated nine antiquities to Italy. Eight objects were identified through photographs seized from convicted dealer Giacomo Medici. The ninth, a marble head of Hermes, was excavated from Roman houses on the Caelian Hill in the late 19th century, later sold to collector Gilbert M. Denman Jr without provenance documents and donated to the museum in 1986. A 2023 long-term cultural collaboration agreement with the Italian Ministry of Culture provides that eight repatriated artifacts will remain on display at the museum on loan from Italy and that comparable objects may be sent on subsequent eight-year loans. The Hermes head was returned to the Italian government. Returned works include a terracotta fish plate (circa 340 BC) and a krater attributed to Python (circa 330 BC).
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