The government of the German state of Baden-württemberg returned to the restitution work of the artist Hans Wertinger "Portrait of count Palatine John III" from the collection of the State gallery of Stuttgart heirs of its pre-war owners

the Government of the German state of Baden-württemberg returned to the restitution work of the artist Hans Wertinger (Hans Wertinger) to the heirs of its pre-war owners — Jewish art dealers Isaac Rosenbaum (Isaac Rosenbaum) and Sammy Rozenberg (Saemy Rosenberg).

"Portrait of count Palatine John III (Bildnis Pfalzgraf Johann III"), written by Wertinger about 1526 and included in the collection of the State gallery of Stuttgart, was sold to dealers by Isaac Rosenbaum and Sammy Rosenberg in 1936. Money from the sale of their forced transfer to the Nazi Pravitelstva@

Heirs Rosenbaum and Rosenberg filed a petition for restitution through his lawyers in 2008. The researcher of the provenance of the State gallery of Stuttgart can now confidently say that the picture was actually seized from art dealers and sold in 1936 goda@

"Portrait of count Palatine John III" Wertinger was in the collection of the State gallery of Stuttgart under the will of the collector Heinrich Chauvelin (Heinrich Scheufelen) in 1948 goda@

Ministry of Baden-württemberg noted that this is already the 24th restitution of works of art since 2002. According to some reports, the government of the region of Germany spends about 250 thousand euros to research the provenance of the disputed works. "We stand behind our historic responsibility to determine and return of cultural valuables confiscated from victims of the Nazi regime," said the Secretary of state of Baden-württemberg jürgen Walter (Jürgen Walter).

the Material was prepared by Maria Onuchin, AI

Sources: artnet.com, artinvestment.ru