MFA Houston Can Keep Contested Nazi-looted Bernardo Bellotto Painting: US Appeals Court
A misidentification by a Dutch foundation sent the wrong painting to a claimant after the end of the war.
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Federal Judge Rules for MFA Houston in Suit Over 18th-Century Painting Brought by German Jewish Owner’s Heirs, Who Claim Work Was Sold ‘Under Duress’ in 1938
The painting's complicated history has been the center of the long-running dispute.
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MFA Houston Owns Bellotto Painting Sold Under Duress During World War II, Foundation Claims
The MFA reaffirmed its believe in the "legitimacy" of the sale in 1938.
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Record-Setting Bellotto, de La Tour Works Top Christie’s London Old Masters Auction
Overall, bidding was tepid, with a below-average sell-through rate of 78 percent.
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Christie’s to Auction $17 M. Bellotto Landscape Poised to Break Record
The painting is coming to auction after 50 years in private hands.
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Morning Links: Kenya and Costa Rica Edition
The country of Japan will be donating $1 million to the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery at the Smithsonian Museums of Asian Art. [Artforum]
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