FBI returns baroque painting stolen during World War II to Germany – NBC Chicago
The FBI handed over the artwork by 18th century Austrian artist Johann Franz Nepomuk Lauterer to a German museum representative in Chicago
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The FBI handed over the artwork by 18th century Austrian artist Johann Franz Nepomuk Lauterer to a German museum representative in Chicago
After a stopover in the US that lasted the better part of a century, a baroque landscape painting that went missing during World War II was returned to Germany on Thursday. The FBI handed over the artwork by 18th century Austrian artist Johann Franz Nepomuk Lauterer to a German museum representative in a brief ceremony at the German Consulate in Chicago, where the pastoral piece showing an Italian countryside was on display.
The FBI handed over the artwork by 18th century Austrian artist Johann Franz Nepomuk Lauterer to a German museum representative in Chicago
A baroque landscape painting that went missing during World War II has been returned to Germany after being located in the U.S. The painting by Austrian artist Johann Franz Nepomuk Lauterer was handed over to a German museum representative by the FBI.
Missing Since World War II, Painting Repatriated to Bavarian Museum