MFA Houston Wins Appeal to Keep a Nazi-Seized Bellotto Painting
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, won an appeal to keep a Bernardo Bellotto painting seized by the Nazis during World War II.
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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, won an appeal to keep a Bernardo Bellotto painting seized by the Nazis during World War II.
The lawsuit stems from the accidental restitution of the wrong painting in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War
A new potential heir of a portrait by Gustav Klimt, recently sold at auction for $32 million, has filed a claim to the long-lost painting.
VIENNA — A portrait of a young woman by Gustav Klimt that was long believed to be lost was sold at an auction in Vienna on Wednesday for $32 million.
Ahead of the US$32 million sale of a Gustav Klimt portrait unseen for 100 years, a claimant to its ownership, reportedly a potential heir to the legal successor of its original owner, came forward.