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  1. In his books The Orpheus Clock (Scribner/Simon & Schuster, 2015) and the forthcoming The Prince Vanishes, Simon Goodman recounts his family’s story, which includes the first Nazi looting case settled in the United States and the first major restitution in the Netherlands since the post-war era.

    #WorldWar2 #WW2 #NaziLooting #WW2Restitution #LootedArt #MissingArt

    christies.com/en/stories/simon

  2. In his books The Orpheus Clock (Scribner/Simon & Schuster, 2015) and the forthcoming The Prince Vanishes, Simon Goodman recounts his family’s story, which includes the first Nazi looting case settled in the United States and the first major restitution in the Netherlands since the post-war era.

    #WorldWar2 #WW2 #NaziLooting #WW2Restitution #LootedArt #MissingArt

    christies.com/en/stories/simon

  3. The Dedication (1908) by Edmund Blair Leighton (English artist, lived 1852–1922). For most of it's existence this was categorised by the art world as a "missing painting" - known to most only by a 1908 black and white photogravure. Sold (I think) in 2013. Arthurian looking scene.

    #Arthurian #MiddleAges #art #Architecture #fineart #peacefulart #arthistory #Romanticism #FashionHistory #victorian #victodons #VictorianArt #VictorianEra #Victoriana #FineArt #PreRaphaelite #19thcentury #MissingArt