Art restitution

Verzijl’s Young Man as Bacchus returned to Max Stern’s heirs

New York, United States; Düsseldorf, Germany · Source report date:

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Verzijl’s Young Man as Bacchus returned to Max Stern’s heirs — artwork or case documentation from the linked image source.
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The FBI returned the painting after identifying it at a New York art fair. It had been sold during Galerie Stern’s forced liquidation under Nazi persecution; the holding gallery waived its ownership claim.

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

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