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Bavaria to Return Four Nazi-Looted Paintings as Dispute Over Amerling Work Moves to Arbitration

The returns mark a bid for transparency after investigations exposed gaps in Bavaria’s provenance work.

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Bayern übergibt vier NS-Raubkunst-Gemälde an die rechtmäßigen Besitzer.

Overview

  • The Bavarian State Painting Collections will restitute four works identified as Nazi-looted art based on research by the State Museums Agency’s provenance office.
  • Two paintings by Franz Sigrist the Elder go to heirs of the former Munich dealership Brüder Lion, a Cranach-school 'Hl. Anna Selbdritt' is designated for descendants of banker Ernst Magnus, and Ernst Karl Georg Zimmermann’s 'Am Wirtshaustisch' was also identified as looted.
  • A fifth painting, Friedrich von Amerling’s 'Junges Mädchen mit Strohhut,' remains contested, with Bavaria seeking a ruling from the new federal arbitration panel.
  • Heirs of Brüder Lion plan to file suit in Munich to claim the Amerling and obtain access to files, disputing Bavaria’s portrayal of a 1935 market exchange.
  • Officials cite expanded transparency efforts, including more than 200 entries added to the Lost Art database since February, while noting that lawful heirs for at least one work still must be conclusively established.