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.







