[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 65 (Tuesday, April 7, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 15825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-7856]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6571]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``An Antiquity of Imagination: Tullio Lombardo and 
Venetian High Renaissance Sculpture''

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 ``An Antiquity of Imagination: Tullio 
Lombardo and Venetian High Renaissance Sculpture,'' 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 July 4 until on or 
about October 31, 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.
    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: March 30, 2009.
C. Miller Crouch,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
Department of State.
 [FR Doc. E9-7856 Filed 4-6-09; 8:45 am]
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