The Bavarian State Painting Collections restitute Nazi-looted painting
Hl. Florian, 1480, softwood, 125,3 x 65,2 cm. Photo: Johannes Haslinger, Bavarian State Painting Collections.
MUNICH
.- In April 2021 a late medieval wooden panel depicting Saint Florian, formerly in the ownership of the art dealer A. S. Drey, was restituted to the legal successors, i.e. to the community of heirs of the art dealer A. S. Drey. The work is to be handed over to a legal representative of the art dealers on behalf of the community of heirs. This, the 21st restitution made by the Bavarian State Painting Collections in line with the Washington Principles, will take place in the Pinakothek Museum without a personal meeting due to the pandemic.
The Bavarian State Painting Collections Has Returned a Medieval Work Unlawfully Sold by Nazis to Its Rightful Heirs
A Jewish art dealer in Munich was forced to sell the work in 1935.
St Florian (1480). Photo: Johannes Haslinger. Bavarian State Painting Collections
The Bavarian State Painting Collections in Munich have restituted a Nazi-looted painting from the late medieval period to its legal heirs. The 1480 work by an unknown artist had been in the collection of Munich art dealer A.S. Drey, who was Jewish, before it was sold off as a result of Nazi persecution.
The painting was handed over on April 23 to the heirs of Drey and his business partners, Ludwig and Friedrich Stern. “The great injustice that the Drey and Stern families had to suffer under the Nazis has been officially recognized and a step taken towards making amends,” said Bavarian State Minister Bernd Sibler in a statement.