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| PARIS- Jewish descendants of the owner of a John Constable landscape have sued to reclaim the painting from a regional Swiss museum where it hangs now with a note acknowledging that it was illegally seized during World War II. Since 2006, the heirs of Anna Jaffé and the Musée des Beaux-Arts in La Chaux-de-Fonds in northwest Switzerland have clashed over the rights to the landscape, “Dedham From Langham,” an 1813 scene of the English countryside that has been valued at about $1 million. ...  Another article about same subject is here. |
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Footnotes
Kudos to the Musee des Beaux-Arts for acknowledging
the painting was "illegally seized."
The absence of such acknowledgement–
wherever fine is on exhibit–in no way indicates
that "illegal seizure" does not figure
into whatever art is being exhibited.
But in no way should that diminish
the aesthetic appreciation of the exhibited work!
Kudos to the Musee des Beaux-Arts for acknowledging
the painting was "illegally seized."
The absence of such acknowledgement–
wherever fine is on exhibit–in no way indicates
that "illegal seizure" does not figure
into whatever art is being exhibited.
But in no way should that diminish
the aesthetic appreciation of the exhibited work!
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