Alberto Angela: When I see our works in the Louvre I feel annoyed. Italy has been raided

Popular TV host Alberto Angela, in an interview with Il Fatto Quotidiano, gave his views on the Italian works of art brought to the Louvre following Napoleon’s campaigns. “If we go to study the past,” said the famous popularizer, “there was a very basic rule in force regarding the loot: it was the final stage, the point of conquest, and by now there is a historical justification for it. Be careful, though: we are talking about a very specific stage, after which loot becomes crime.”

Specifying, Alberto Angela stated that “in my opinion the right boundary is the French Revolution: what happened before is gone, it is acquired, while the after is no longer acceptable in the Western world. The Louvre is full of works taken away by Napoleon with guns drawn; when I walk through those halls and read the tag ’Campaign of Italy,’ I feel a profound motion of annoyance: it means it has been plundered.”

Alberto Angela: When I see our works in the Louvre I feel annoyed. Italy has been raided

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