The Roman bust of Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus that made headlines last year for being a $35 Goodwill find with a regal past, will be returned to Germany.
with a regal past, will be returned to Germany after it concludes its display run at the San Antonio Museum of Art.
Art historians believe the bust of Germanicus may have been crafted between 1 BC and 1 AD, according to the San Antonio Museum of Art. A Roman bust of Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus is being returned to Germany after it was bought for $35 in a Texas Goodwill store.The San Antonio Museum of Art obtained the bust from Laura Young, a Texas-based art collector who reportedly purchased the bust from a Goodwill thrift store in Austin in 2018.
“The German State was the last legal owner of the portrait, which was in the collection of the Bavarian King Ludwig I by 1833,” the museum wrote in an emailed statement.
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