Paris court orders Christie’s to return a looted Van der Werff painting
Christie’s sold Adriaen van der Werff’s The Penitent Magdalene in London in 2005. The painting appears in the French register of looted goods as part of Lionel Hauser’s collection, seized in Paris in 1942. On January 27, 2023, a Paris court ordered the auction house to return the panel to Hauser’s descendants.
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