Several out-of-court claims by CALIOPE ART LAW have led to the second act of restitution to the heirs of the former Republican mayor Pedro Rico of seven works by several state museums, including the Prado Museum. Present at the ceremony, held on May 22, 2025, were the Minister of Culture, the Director General of Fine Arts, the Deputy Director General of State Museums, the Director of the Prado Museum, the Director of Administration, the Head of the Legal Department, and the General Coordinator of Conservation for the museum, as well as the directors of all the museums involved. 

 

The public-private collaboration in this matter is noteworthy, since, thanks to the contributions and research of various professionals, a solid case file was created that will serve as a precedent for other similar cases involving state museums. 

 

In particular, the contributions of professors, researchers, historians, journalists, jurists, the exemplary reports of the State Attorney's Office for Culture and the State Attorney General's Office, and especially the research, documentation and internal reports of the Archives and Legal areas of the Prado National Museum, the latter under the direction of Isabel Quintana Jiménez, have been essential in order to present and resolve the extrajudicial claims in a well-founded manner.