For Italia Nostra, the loan of the Vitruvian Man to the Louvre is against the law: appeal filed with the Tar

Italia N ostra has filed an appeal to the Veneto Regional Administrative Court to ask that the loan of Leonardo da Vinci ’sVitruvian Man to the Louvre for the major exhibition on the Tuscan artist that will start in a few days be blocked. Italia Nostra in particular is asking for the annulment of the measure of the director of the Gallerie dell’Accademia, Giulio Manieri Elia, who granted the authorization for the loan abroad: in fact, the association sees a violation of the Code of Cultural Heritage, and in particular of paragraph 2 of Article 66, where it is stated that “the goods that constitute the main fund of a determined and organic section of a museum, picture gallery, gallery, archive or library or of an artistic or bibliographic collection” cannot leave the territory of the Italian Republic.

In fact, it appears to Italia Nostra that theVitruvian Man belongs to the main fund of the Gallerie dellAccademia, based on the identification made in a note dated October 23, 2018 (protocol 2470) from the museum’s former director, Paola Marini. The same article mandates that they cannot leave the country “goods susceptible to damage in transport or permanence in unfavorable environmental conditions,” and Italia Nostra points out that all technical reports have advised against the transfer of Leonardo da Vinci’s drawing.

“Italia Nostra,” say national president Mariarita Signorini and Italia Nostra Venice president Lidia Fersuoch, “is now waiting for a decree durgenza of the President of the Tar and the Council Chamber of the Tribunal, set for Oct. 24, the day of the opening of the exhibition.”

Pictured: Leonardo da Vinci, The Proportions of the Human Body According to Vitruvius - Vitruvian Man, detail (ca. 1490; metal point, pen and ink, touches of watercolor on white paper, 34.4 x 24.5 cm; Venice, Gallerie dellAccademia)

For Italia Nostra, the loan of the Vitruvian Man to the Louvre is against the law: appeal filed with the Tar

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