属于犹太艺术经销商的17世纪绘画回归

       一幅17世纪的油画在被纳粹掠夺72年后重回主人之手。今天，在犹太遗产博物馆（Museum of Jewish Heritage），大屠杀纪念日，美国移民与海关执法署【U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE)】和南部地区美国律师办公室将这幅《风笛音乐演奏家肖像》作品交给Max Stern博士不动产。该作品在20世纪30年代属于德国犹太艺术经销商Max Stern。

        这幅被归还的画板油画是一幅罕见的17世纪早期的肖像作品，创作日期为1632年荷兰。Max Stern将这幅作品委托给德国科隆Lempertz拍卖公司，但之后纳粹政权命令他以及200多件其他作品一起卖掉。Max Stern从未收到任何款项。后来Max Stern逃离了德国定居加拿大。

A 17th century painting is back in the hands of its rightful owner 72 years after it was stolen by the Nazis. Today, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, on Holocaust Remembrance Day, U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, returned the painting to the Estate of Dr. Max Stern. “Portrait of a Musician Playing a Bagpipe” belonged to the late Jewish art dealer Max Stern in Germany during the 1930’s.

 The oil on panel painting returned today is a rare early-17th century portrait of a musician playing a bagpipe. The portrait was painted in 1632 in the Netherlands. Max Stern consigned this piece to the Lempertz Auction House in Cologne, Germany, after the Nazi regime forced him to sell it and more than 200 other paintings. The proceeds from the forced sales were never forwarded to Max Stern, who fled Germany to avoid further persecution and eventually settled in Canada.

作者：丁丁译