A Painting by a Flemish Master Plundered by the Nazis Returned to His Heirs
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A painting by a 17th-century Flemish master, looted by the Nazis from a Jewish family in France in 1942, was returned to its heirs on Friday in a ceremony held at the Ministry of Culture in Paris, AFP reports, as reported by Agerpres. That painting, titled "Portrait de femme en bleu" ("Portrait of a Woman in Blue"), was returned to its heirs on Friday in a ceremony held at the Ministry of Culture in Paris, AFP reports, as reported by Agerpres.
The painting, titled "Portrait of a Woman in Blue" and created by the London-born but Flemish painter Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen (1593-1661), was stolen by the Nazis from Gabrielle Philippson's Paris home a few weeks after her death. Hermann Göring, one of the highest-ranking officials of the Nazi regime, had chosen this painting for his personal collection. It was subsequently recovered in Berchtesgaden shortly after the war, along with the r…
A painting by a 17th-century Flemish master, looted by the Nazis from a Jewish family in France in 1942, was returned to its heirs on Friday during a ceremony organized at the Ministry of Culture in Paris, AFP reports, Agerpres reports.
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