Lynda Albertson

There are 32 stolen paintings listed in the INTERPOL Works of Art database by the Romantic painter Ivan Aivasovsky (1817-1900), when searching under the spelling "Ivan Constatinowitsch Aivazoffski" but not this one. This one is scheduled to be auctioned in Moscow on February 18th. Aivazian, born Hovhannes Aivazian in 1817, was a prolific marinist artist of Armenian descent who left an indelible mark on the art world with his mesmerizing seascapes.

Officers working with Spain's Policía Nacional have recovered a collection of Scythian, Greek craftsmanship VIII-IVth century BCE gold jewellery. The pieces, which consist mainly of necklaces and earrings, had been fenced by a criminal network involved in the sale of Ukrainian antiquities via a web of sales transactions, at least one of which was identified in Madrid. According to the National police, the jewellery had previously been exhibited in an unnamed Kyiv museum between 2009-2013.

While there are numerous artefacts which passed through Michael L. Ward's variously named galleries which may be worth further exploration,  here is a growing list of classical world artefacts ARCA has documented (so far) as perhaps needing a closer review by their various holders. There may be others, and we will add what we find to this posting but these are the art and artefacts we have documented so far with readily available digital footprints. Some have been restituted.