Art restitution

Fantin-Latour self-portrait recovered and returned to France

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Image: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Public domain.
Image: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Public domain. Image source ↗
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The Nazi ERR confiscated the self-portrait from the David-Weill collection. It was recovered at Alt Aussee and returned to France in 1946, with David-Weill recorded as the presumed owner.

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Rembrandt, Self-Portrait (1630), Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

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