Aug 31, 2023 · Authorities have seized an allegedly looted headless statue, believed to depict Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, from a museum in Cleveland, Ohio. The bronze art was taken earlier this month by...

Sep 1, 2023 · The headless statue is believed to depict Marcus Aurelius. The investigation into its origins comes over a decade after Turkey claimed that 21 objects at the museum were linked to an illicit...

Aug 31, 2023 · Turkish officials said they have been telling the Cleveland museum that the statue, which is 6 feet 4 inches tall without its head, had been stolen in the 1960s during a looting spree at an...

Oct 20, 2023 · The Cleveland Museum of Art has sued New York City authorities over their seizure of a headless bronze statue believed to depict the Roman emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius.

Sep 8, 2023 · Turkish officials allege that the 6-foot-4-inch statue, valued at $20 million, was stolen by smugglers from an archaeological site called Bubon in the 1960s. The CMA acquired the statue in 1986, and for decades it had been a highlight in the museum’s Roman collection.

Oct 23, 2023 · The headless statue, which some scholars believe depicts Marcus Aurelius, on display at the Cleveland Museum of Art in 2010. The Cleveland Museum of Art is attempting to block the seizure of...

Sep 1, 2023 · After 15 years, Turkey is on the verge of recovering an 1,800-year-old bronze statue of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius—that’s said to be worth $20 million—from the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Aug 31, 2023 · This bronze statue was formerly described by the Cleveland Museum of Art as likely depicting Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius as a philosopher.

Oct 23, 2023 · The museum had recently revised public information about the sculpture, likely a depiction of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, in an apparent attempt to distance itself from its alleged looting...

Sep 5, 2023 · The seizure comes weeks after the Manhattan district attorney’s office seized a statue thought to portray the Roman emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius from a Cleveland, Ohio, museum.