Philippines Seizes Artwork from Imelda Marcos
- September 30, 2014 17:40
The seizure came a day after a court ordered the Marcos family to surrender the artwork on the grounds that they were acquired illegally through public funds.
Imelda and her late husband, the dictator Ferdinand Marcos, and their family and friends, are accused of illegally amassing about $10 billion worth of assets from art to stocks. About half of this amount has been recovered.
![Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640), After Titian (Tiziano Vecelli) (Italian [Venetian], c. 1488–1576), Rape of Europa, 1628–29. Oil on canvas, 71 7/8 x 79 3/8 in.](/images/c/e2/2e/Jan20_Rape_of_Europa100x100_c.jpg "Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640), After Titian (Tiziano Vecelli) (Italian [Venetian], c. 1488–1576), Rape of Europa, 1628–29. Oil on canvas, 71 7/8 x 79 3/8 in.")
