Dr. Timothy Potts is an Australian art historian, archaeologist, and museum director. He became the director of the J. Paul Getty Museum on 1 September 2012... (wikipedia)
If it goes on view with other like objects, then scholars get to see it and study it; the public gets to come; the claimant, if there is one, gets to know where it is and file a claim. Who has lost in this process?
We often undervalue what we have. We regularly have two-thirds of our space dedicated to visiting exhibitions, which means we hardly get a chance to show our own collection.
I'm delighted. It's a fantastic and beautiful masterpiece of early Renaissance sculpture by the presiding genius of the 15th century.