Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: Leonardo da Vinci's Horse and Rider? A Technical Investigation

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Public Notice; Culturally Significant Objects Imported for

Exhibition Determinations: ``Leonardo da Vinci's Horse and Rider? A

Technical Investigation''

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following determinations:

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965

(79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112

Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of

Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority No. 236 of October 19, 1999, as amended, and Delegation of Authority No. 257 of

April 15, 2003 [68 FR 19875], I hereby determine that the objects to be included in the exhibition ``Leonardo da Vinci's Horse and Rider? A

Technical Investigation,'' imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, are of cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to loan agreements with the foreign owners or custodians. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, from on or about May 3, 2009, until on or about September 7, 2009, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, is in the national interest. Public Notice of these Determinations is ordered to be published in the Federal Register. Following the exhibition at the Gallery, all objects but the principal statue will be returned to the lenders; the principal statue will travel to other U.S. museums to become part of new exhibitions for which new notices will be applied.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, including a list of the exhibit objects, contact Carol B. Epstein, Attorney-

Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State

(telephone: 202/453-8048). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA- 44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

Dated: December 1, 2008.

C. Miller Crouch,

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural

Affairs, Department of State.

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