A painting that was stolen during World War II has been returned from the United States back to a museum in Germany, officials say.
The FBI’s Art Crime Team located in Chicago returned the painting, “Landschaft italienischen Charakters” by the Austrian painter Johann Franz Nepomuk Lauterer , to where it came from, the FBI said.
The FBI said the painting was offered for purchase to the Bavarian museum but after all unsuccessful negotiations, the painting was once again lost until 2022. “The crux of our work at Art Recovery International is the research and restitution of artworks looted by Nazis and discovered in public or private collections. On occasion, we come across cases, such as this, where allied soldiers may have taken objects home as souvenirs or as trophies of wars,” said Christopher Marinello, founder of Art Recovery International, according toA member of the FBI’s Art Crime Team reached out to the person and met with them immediately.
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