Pro-fascist Hungarian government confiscated in the 1940's, one large meeting.

Descendants of Hungarian collector Mora Lipota Herzog (Mór Lipót Herzog) asked a U.S. court, demanding restitution from Hungary more than 40 works of art stolen from their ancestors by the fascists. The cost of work exceeds $ 100 million.

under fire hit such large public institutions such as the Hungarian National Gallery, the Budapest Museum of Art, Museum of Applied Arts and the Budapest University of Technology. Among the paintings that attempt to return heirs - "The Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane" El Greco, "St. Andrew "Francisco de Zurbaran and" Annunciation Joachim "by Lucas Cranach the Elder, as well as works by Velasquez, Camille Corot and Gustave Courbet. In addition, they want to oblige the Government to draw up a list of works from the collection of Herzog, located in the Hungarian public collections. Such a requirement is included in the claim for restitution of works of art for the first time.

argued that the collection was confiscated by the pro-fascist Hungarian government at the end of World War II. Herzog himself, a wealthy Jewish banker, died in 1934. A collection of chapters of his Children: Elizabeth, Istvan and Andras. The latter was killed in a concentration camp, his daughter, Angela Maria and Julia, along with Alice's great-grandson of the collector David de Shepelev are the main plaintiffs.

heirs fight for return to work for two decades. In their support were prominent U.S. politicians including Hillary Clinton (Hillary Clinton). This year, de Shepel and his family managed to win in Germany, now the Renaissance painter Georg Pentz, which they sold at Christie's for 8.5 million dollars. These funds went to cover legal costs.

material prepared Yulia Maksimova, AI

Sources: theartnewspaper.com , artinvestment.ru