May 2003 One Hundred Missing Objects. Looting in Europe More objects returned A wooden angel stolen from the church of Saint-Pierre d'Humbert (France) in 1977 was found in Holland by French police officers in March of this year. The 13th-century carving was listed as a historical monument under French law and was one of the objects described in the ICOM publication One Hundred Missing Objects. Looting in Europe (p.47). In addition, a 16th-century statuette of the Wise Man Balthazar, which was stolen from the altarpiece of a French church in 1967 and had been in the keeping of a Belgian state museum for several years, was officially returned by the Belgian government on 1 July 2002, in line with the ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums. The case of this statuette was mentioned in one of the introductions to Looting in Europe (p.19). Europe is by no means exempt from heritage theft and looting, and religious objects in particular are especially targeted by art thieves in many European countries. The publication of One Hundred Missing Objects. Looting in Europe by ICOM in January 2001 has led to the return of several French, Italian and Czech objects. For further information, see http://icom.museum/list_thanks_europe.html Valérie Jullien Communications and Publications Officer ICOM Secretariat [log in to unmask] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Change ICOM-L subscription options, unsubscribe, and search the archives at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html