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    ICE director participates in Cultural Repatriation ceremony with Ambassador of Peru [Image 15 of 15]

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    This is a colonial-era religious painting depicting the Virgin Mary (Madonna) holding the Christ Child, both wearing golden crowns, consistent with the iconographic tradition of 'Our Lady' venerated in Latin American Catholic art. The figures are surrounded by symbolic elements including lilies, roses, cherubs, a scepter, and an orb with a cross. The painting is housed in an ornate gilded frame and bears a U.S. Department of Homeland Security ICE watermark, suggesting it is documented as a recovered or seized cultural artifact.

    UNITED STATES

    07.06.2012

    Photo by Paul Caffrey 

    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement           

    A repatriation ceremony marking the return of a collection of cultural property, art and antiquities looted from Peru to their rightful owners – the people of Peru, was held July 12. The objects were seized by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations in New York, Delaware, Texas, and West Virginia. The reclaimed objects include nine colonial paintings, a monstrance, and four pre-Columbian objects. Pictured here is a painting of the Virgin of Candlemas.

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    Date Taken: 07.06.2012
    Date Posted: 07.12.2012 13:20
    Photo ID: 622116
    VIRIN: 120706-O-9999C-901
    Resolution: 2362x3293
    Size: 4.65 MB
    Location: US

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