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Brooklyn Museum

“The Museum was able to purchase this important relief by meticulously following the international agreements controlling the import and export of antiquities. Strict legal requirements govern the acquisition of ancient artifacts, including proof of provenance, to help prevent the looting of ancient sites. Our curators were able to document the relief’s history of successive ownership by two Swiss collectors (one of them a psychoanalyst), satisfying the legal provisions.”— #ArnoldLehman

[Relief of Mourning Women, 381-343 B.C.E.] #BKMEgyptianart

May 29, 2015