Sentence examples for antiquities collection from inspiring English sources
Originally Frel had been hired by J. Paul Getty himself to survey the antiquities collection that the billionaire oilman had collected piece by piece over several decades.
Mentions the antiquities collection of Shlomo Moussaieff.
Both are highlights of the Getty's antiquities collection.
Like other scholars, True held a low opinion of the Getty's antiquities collection.
Around this time, True achieved one of the major triumphs of her career: the Fleischmans decided to offer their antiquities collection to the Getty.
When he finally sold his antiquities collection to the Duke of Buckingham in 1627, he is said to have pocketed an exorbitant sum.
The group acknowledged that it would be more difficult for its museums to build antiquities collections, but would also slow the flow of objects that have been illegally collected.
The witness, Daniela Rizzo, an Italian archaeologist, specifically cited the owners of four American antiquities collections.
The trial is being closely watched by American museums whose antiquities collections are also in the sights of Italian prosecutors.
The antiquities collections at Princeton, Yale and the University of Pennsylvania come the closest to it, representing institutions "that have been collecting for a very long time," Ms. Udell said.
The case put pressure on several American museums with extensive antiquities collections, and the Getty and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, among other institutions, reached agreements with the Italian government to return some disputed artifacts.
