Art restitution

Cologne restitutes Egon Schiele’s Crouching Female Nude

Cologne, Germany · Documented case date:

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Case diagram by ArtTraceX · Heinrich Rieger collection · Schiele watercolour · Cologne.
Case diagram by ArtTraceX · Heinrich Rieger collection · Schiele watercolour · Cologne. Image source ↗
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A collector’s stamp linked Egon Schiele’s watercolour to Heinrich Rieger. Cologne records restitution to his heirs by a council decision of 23 March 2021.

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Art restitutionEgon Schiele

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

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