If a museum buys illicit works and then asks us for loans for an exhibition, we will certainly say no. |
It's like ripping a page from a book, a page of history in which our ancestors' story is told. |
We will provide proof that the pieces came from Italy. And new elements may have emerged that perhaps were not known when the museum bought some pieces, and that may convince a prestigious institution like the Met to act on this new information. |