Spain returns paintings stolen during WWII to Poland

“The diptych by Dieric Bouts found in Spain, a war loss from the Czartoryski collection in Gołuchów, has been returned to Poland,” Gliński said in a statement.

“At the Pontevedra Museum, representatives @kultura_gov_pl will sign documents this afternoon to successfully complete another repatriation process.”

the painting depicts Jesus With the Virgin Mary created a singular work, known as a diptych, from the mid-15th century, originally attributed to the Flemish master himself, but later attributed to other works in his studio Artist’s work.

Izabella Działyńska, a member of the aristocratic Czartoryski family, bought the paintings in 1883 and they remained in the family collection until they were looted, along with more than 700 other works from the Nazi collection, during World War II.

So far, the Polish government has been able to recover only one other work from the Czartoryski collection, according to a statement From the Pontevedra Museum in Spain.

The museum said in a statement that the paintings left Warsaw in 1944 and reappeared in the Madrid art trade in 1973, “without knowing their history during that time.”

The paintings entered the museum’s collection from the collector José Fernández López, who probably acquired them from the Sala Paris in Barcelona or the El Cisne gallery in Madrid.

Polish authorities first determined in 2019 that paintings in museum collections belonged to the Czartoryski family, including More and more art returns to work worldwide.

Nearly 60 archaeological artefacts looted from across Italy were officially returned to Rome in a ceremony on Monday, returning to Poland as the According to The Art Newspaper.

The works were handed over by U.S. officials to Italian authorities in September, whose office is leading an international trafficking investigation. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and the cultural heritage unit of the Italian National Police Carabinieri.