Brussels Museum of Fine Arts returns Nazi looted art

The state secretary says he is happy that the painting can be returned to the family. “No doubt a small gesture,” he says, “but it is a restoration for a cowardly robbery and it shows that we must never lose our faith in justice.”

Blumenstilleben came to our country through a Jewish family on the run. After the liberation, the painting was found in Brussels in a depot where the Nazis stored art. In 1951 it was ceded to the Museum of Fine Arts of Brussels.

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