The J. Paul Getty Museum is returning its Orpheus group of sculptures — a culturally significant group of nearly life-size terra-cotta figures known as “Orpheus and the Sirens,” some of the ...

The Getty will return a nearly life-size group of Greek terra-cotta sculptures known as “Orpheus and the Sirens,” believed to date from the fourth century B.C., according to the museum.

Aside from the sculptures, the Getty Museum is also returning four other artifacts to Italy, including an Etruscan bronze thymiaterion (350 to 325 B.C.), a marble head statue known as the ...

A European court upheld Italy’s right to seize a prized Greek statue from the J. Paul Getty Museum in California, rejecting the museum’s appeal on Thursday and ruling Italy was right to try to ...

The Getty and independent scholars also determined it is appropriate to return the following items, none of which have been on public display in recent years: A second-century AD colossal marble ...

A European court upheld Italy’s right to seize a prized Greek statue from the J. Paul Getty Museum in California, rejecting the museum’s appeal on Thursday. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File) ...

Three statues were returned to Italy after the J. Paul Getty Museum discovered they had been looted. They will be displayed temporarily in Rome before heading to Taranto, Italy, their permanent home.

Note that the Getty Villa will be closed until further notice due to the LA wildfires. The Getty Villa is a Getty museum showcasing Greek and Roman art from before the Middle Ages, as well as ...

The Getty will return a nearly life-size group of Greek terra-cotta sculptures known as “Orpheus and the Sirens," believed to date from the fourth century B.C., according to the museum.