An 18th-century painting by Austrian artist Johann Lauterer has been returned to Germany after the FBI's Art Crime Team recovered it from a Chicago resident.
This photo shows the 18th century painting titled “Landscape of Italian Character” by Vienna-born artist Johann Franz Nepomuk Lauterer, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023 in Chicago. After going missing nearly 80 years ago, the “Landscape of Italian Character”, a baroque landscape …An 18th-century painting by Austrian artist Johann Lauterer has been returned to Germany after the FBI’s Art Crime Team recovered it from a Chicago resident.
The private firm Art Recovery International had been in contact with the painting’s most recent owner, the aforementioned Chicago resident and nephew of a deceased U.S. veteran who had purportedly looted the artwork and tipped off the FBI.“Being on the winning side doesn’t make it right,” Art Recovery International CEO Christopher Marinello said.
The resident agreed to hand over the painting once the FBI’s Art Crime Team contacted him. It was not clarified whether the previous owner was the same person who tried to sell the painting in 2011.
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