'Repatriation of Italian Cultural Artifacts' [Image 6 of 9]

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES

04.20.2012

Photo by Paul Caffrey 

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement           

In a ceremony today at the Italian Embassy, in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, returned looted antiquities to the people of Italy. The objects were seized by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations and Italy's Carabinieri. One of the seized artifacts, Leda e il Cigno, by Lelio Orsi, valued at $1.6 million, is shown in this photo.

• Date Taken: 04.20.2012
• Date Posted: 04.26.2012 12:06
• Photo ID: 565460
• VIRIN: 120420-O-9999C-184
• Resolution: 2559x3114
• Size: 5.61 MB
• Location: WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, US