Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, Mikhail Piotrovsky, Director of the State Hermitage Museum and Sir Richard Lambert, Chairman of the Trustees of the British Museum talk about the loan of the marble sculpture of the river god Ilissos, a reclining male figure from the West pediment of the Parthenon.

The film shows the statue on display to the Russian public as part of the celebrations marking the 250th anniversary of the foundation of the Hermitage Museum.

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