Art restitution

Nazi-looted Johann Conrad Seekatz painting returned to Poland

Warsaw, Poland; New York, United States · Source report date:

Johann Conrad Seekatz, St. Philip Baptizing a Servant of Queen Kandaki.
Johann Conrad Seekatz, St. Philip Baptizing a Servant of Queen Kandaki. Image source ↗
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US authorities announced the return of St. Philip Baptizing a Servant of Queen Kandaki to Poland. Looted from Warsaw’s museum during the Nazi occupation, it was identified at a London gallery, which cooperated with its recovery.

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

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