An extremely famous painting that was stolen the German Army during World War 1, was returned to the government of France this last Thursday. The painting was confiscated in 1918 and was transported, along with many other paintings, to Belgium. The year after that, with the war over, the Belgium government finally decided to return all of the paintings to France. All of them showed up except for one, called "A Fisherman's Daughter" or "Mender of Nets". Almost a hundred years later, in 2010, French officials alerted Interpol that the painting might have been imported by a gallery in New York City. Hearing this, French officials went to this New York gallery and seized their painting. This work of art, by Jules Breton, is estimated to be worth over $150,000, making it of importance. ICE, the organization responsible for obtaining the painting, provided no details about how the painting reached the New York gallery or where it was for those ninety years since it was stolen. No futher details provided.
Jake Grider
Sources:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/13/us/french-painting-returned/index.html?iref=allsearch
http://edition.cnn.com/EUROPE/index.html
Sources:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/13/us/french-painting-returned/index.html?iref=allsearch
http://edition.cnn.com/EUROPE/index.html
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