Record #:

4948

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

The North Carolina Museum of Art's return of a painting stolen by the Nazis in 1940 to its rightful owners is hailed as a model for others engaged in similar claims. The painting, \"Madonna and Child in a Landscape,\" painted by Lucas Cranach in the 16th-century, was in turn sold back to the museum by the family for $600,000. It is the first such claim to stolen art work to end without a long court fight.

Source:

Metro Magazine (NoCar F 264 R1 M48), Vol. 1 Issue 7, Sept 2000, p22, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina Museum of Art; Art thefts; Art treasures in war