In 1944, the Hungarian government cooperated with the Nazis in seizing a 16th-century statue of Saint Barbara. The statue has been on display in a Hungarian museum since 1949. Litigation for its recovery began 15 years ago. Here’s the latest.

#law #contracts #LootedArt #Art #Sculpture #Nazism #Hungary

https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2025/02/dc-district-court-concludes-it-has-no-jurisdiction-over-claim-to-nazi-looted-art.html

Cleveland Museum of Art will return looted Greco-Roman bronze to Turkey – The Art Newspaper https://www.byteseu.com/752518/ #ClevelandMuseumOfArt #LootedArt #Museums&Heritage #repatriation #Turkey

Germany Greenlights Controversial Plan for Restituting Nazi-Looted Art https://www.byteseu.com/642722/ #ArtNews #ArtnetNews #Germany #LAW #LootedArt #Nazi #restitution

Image series 44/24: "Illegally Acquired Artefacts ... in museum collections" Looted art includes objects that have ended up in museums in some unlawful way, whether stolen, confiscated, forcibly sold, bartered or ceded. ... https://prometheus-bildarchiv.de/en/series/2024/44/index

... Oft ist viel Recherchearbeit erforderlich, um die Herkunft zu ermitteln. ... https://prometheus-bildarchiv.de/de/series/2024/44/index

#BildseriederWoche #Provenienzforschung #VirtualReality #lootedart

Ausstellung im Stadtmuseum Berlin.