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Coverage dated October 19, 2023

FBI returns 300-year-old painting to Germany after American soldier stole it during World War II

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The painting has been missing since 1945 and was first reported stolen from the Bavarian State Painting Collections in Munich, Germany

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  1. Daily Journal

    300-year-old painting stolen by an American soldier during World War II returned to German museum (opens Daily Journal)

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    CHICAGO (AP) — After a stopover in the U.S. that lasted the better part of a century, a baroque landscape painting that went missing during World War II was returned to Germany on Thursday. The FBI handed over the artwork by 18th century Austrian artist Johann Franz Nepomuk Lauterer to a German muse…

  2. NBC4 Washington

    FBI returns 300-year-old painting to Germany after American soldier stole it during World War II (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    The painting has been missing since 1945 and was first reported stolen from the Bavarian State Painting Collections in Munich, Germany

  3. Fox News

    300-year-old painting stolen by US soldier during WWII returned to German museum 80 years later (opens Fox News)

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    A 300-year-old painting that went missing for 80 years has been returned to a German museum. The artwork was stolen by an American soldier during World War II.

  4. Insider

    An American soldier stole a 300-year-old painting during World War II. It made an unusual journey back to Germany. (opens Insider)

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    Art Recovery International recovered the artwork after a Chicago resident informed the company their uncle owned a "stolen or looted painting."

  5. Triblive

    300-year-old painting stolen by American soldier during World War II returned to German museum (opens Triblive)

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    CHICAGO — After a stopover in the U.S. that lasted the better part of a century, a baroque landscape painting that went missing during World War II was returned to Germany on Thursday. The FBI handed over the artwork by 18th century Austrian artist Johann Franz Nepomuk Lauterer to a

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