Art restitution

Stolen Sacred Heart sculpture returned after 26 years

Aichen, Germany · Source report date:

Stolen Sacred Heart sculpture returned after 26 years
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Bavarian police matched a recovered Sacred Heart sculpture to photographs from a church theft in 1999 and returned it to the parish. Photo of the recovery: Bavarian police, via BR24.

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

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