Art & Culture: Peru

Key Facts

—Recovery. Peru has repatriated from Brazil a 1942 manuscript titled Arte Antiguo Peruano del Museo Nacional, a bibliographic heritage object.

—What it is. The work, by Russian engineer Constantino Malinovsky, gathers 15 watercolours reproducing ceramic pieces from Peru’s former Museo Nacional.

—How it returned. A Brazilian collector who had bought it at auction voluntarily handed it to Peru’s Embassy in Brazil after experts confirmed it was national heritage.