MUSEUM TO RELINQUISH CRANACH PAINTING SOLD AS OWNER FLED NAZIS

The Allentown Art Museum in Pennsylvania is set to auction a portrait of the Duke of Saxony attributed to Lucas Cranach the Elder and his workshop after reaching a settlement with the heirs of the painting’s German Jewish owners, who sold the painting under duress while escaping Nazi Germany, the New York Times reported. The oil-on-panel work, Portrait of George the Bearded, Duke of Saxony, ca. 1534, will be sold by Christie’s in January 2025; the museum will share the proceeds with the descendants of Henry and Hertha Bromberg, who left Germany in 1938…

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