That guy was Éric de Rothschild, and “until now, [he] has never spoken publicly about the sale of the paintings last year to the Rijksmuseum and the Louvre for 160 million euros … in an unusual joint purchase that was arranged between the Dutch and French governments.”

“It took years of often tense negotiations, but on Tuesday the Italian Ministry of Culture and the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek art museum in Copenhagen signed an agreement that includes the return of archaeological artifacts that Italy said had been looted from Italian soil.”