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Nazi-Era Provenance Research

The Met is committed to researching and publishing the provenance, or ownership history, of its collection.

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Curatorial Interpretation: Portrait of a Youth (09.181.4) and Inserted Panel Portrait (11.139)

December 31, 2021

By Amos Morris-Reich

One of the strangest chapters in the history of the ancient panel portraits from the Fayum region in Egypt took place in the 1930s and 1940s in Nazi Germany.

editorial

Artists in Exile: Paul Hindemith and Max Beckmann

September 27, 2016

By Michael Cirigliano II

Website Editor Michael Cirigliano II examines some of the parallels between composer Paul Hindemith and artist Max Beckmann—two prolific artists who both fled Nazi Germany in 1937.

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Stolen Treasure: Art and Archives at Neuschwanstein Castle

June 3, 2019

By James Moske

How James Rorimer, future director of The Met, visited a fairy-tale castle in Germany and discovered a trove of paperwork documenting Nazi art looting in World War II.

Press Release

STATEMENT BY PHILIPPE DE MONTEBELLO, DIRECTOR, THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, AT A HEARING OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COMMISSION ON HOLOCAUST ASSETS IN THE UNITED STATES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 2000, THE ASSOCIATION OF THE BAR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art and New York State Department of Financial Services Announce the Return of a 16th-Century Silver Stem Cup to the Heirs of the Eugen Gutmann Estate

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STATEMENT BY THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ON THE PROVENANCE OF RUBENS'PORTRAIT OF A MAN

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Provenance Research: An Art Detective Traces the Life of Artworks

August 31, 2018

By Christel Force and The Digital Editors

We sat down to chat with Associate Curator Christel Force about her work as a provenance researcher tracing the life of looted artworks.

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Meissen Snuffbox Returned to Heirs of Munich-based Art Gallery

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Two Medals and a Plaquette Returned by Metropolitan Museum to Heirs of Munich-based Art Gallery

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Alfredo Zalce (Mexican, Pátzcuaro, Michoacán 1908–2003 Morelia)

Date: ca. 1941
Accession Number: 46.46.12

Nazi-Era Provenance Research

The Met is committed to researching and publishing the provenance, or ownership history, of its collection.

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STATEMENT BY PHILIPPE DE MONTEBELLO, DIRECTOR, THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, AT A HEARING OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COMMISSION ON HOLOCAUST ASSETS IN THE UNITED STATES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 2000, THE ASSOCIATION OF THE BAR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

Mr. Chairman, I am grateful to the Presidential Commission for the invitation to testify this morning. I appreciate this opportunity to update you, and through you, the public, on the efforts that The Metropolitan Museum has undertaken to re-examine its collections in order to ascertain whether any of its works were unlawfully confiscated by the Nazis and never restituted.

Interview with Philippe de Montebello on the Issue of Nazi-Confiscated Art

On July 14, 1998, the National Press Club invited the director of The Met to discuss the issue of works of art confiscated by the Nazis during World War II.

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Saber of Archduke Carl Joseph of Austria (1745–1761) as a Boy

Date: dated 1751
Accession Number: L.2020.12.13

Image for Priming Flask Bearing the Monograms and Arms of the Prince-Elector August I of Saxony (reigned 1553–86) and Anna of Denmark (reigned 1553–85)

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Priming Flask Bearing the Monograms and Arms of the Prince-Elector August I of Saxony (reigned 1553–86) and Anna of Denmark (reigned 1553–85)

Master Thomas der Schwertfeger (possibly Thomas Rucker) (German, active Augsburg, Vienna, and Dreseden, 1535–1606)

Date: ca. 1575
Accession Number: 2023.580.6

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258 results for Nazi

Nazi-Era Provenance Research

Curatorial Interpretation: Portrait of a Youth (09.181.4) and Inserted Panel Portrait (11.139)

Artists in Exile: Paul Hindemith and Max Beckmann

Stolen Treasure: Art and Archives at Neuschwanstein Castle

STATEMENT BY PHILIPPE DE MONTEBELLO, DIRECTOR, THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, AT A HEARING OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COMMISSION ON HOLOCAUST ASSETS IN THE UNITED STATES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 2000, THE ASSOCIATION OF THE BAR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

The Metropolitan Museum of Art and New York State Department of Financial Services Announce the Return of a 16th-Century Silver Stem Cup to the Heirs of the Eugen Gutmann Estate

STATEMENT BY THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ON THE PROVENANCE OF RUBENS'PORTRAIT OF A MAN

Provenance Research: An Art Detective Traces the Life of Artworks

Meissen Snuffbox Returned to Heirs of Munich-based Art Gallery

Two Medals and a Plaquette Returned by Metropolitan Museum to Heirs of Munich-based Art Gallery

Fallen Nazi

Nazi-Era Provenance Research

STATEMENT BY PHILIPPE DE MONTEBELLO, DIRECTOR, THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, AT A HEARING OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COMMISSION ON HOLOCAUST ASSETS IN THE UNITED STATES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 2000, THE ASSOCIATION OF THE BAR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

Interview with Philippe de Montebello on the Issue of Nazi-Confiscated Art

Saber of Archduke Carl Joseph of Austria (1745–1761) as a Boy

Priming Flask Bearing the Monograms and Arms of the Prince-Elector August I of Saxony (reigned 1553–86) and Anna of Denmark (reigned 1553–85)

Helmet with Aventail

El libro negro del terror Nazi en Europa (The Black Book of Nazi Terror in Europe)

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Rats marked with the Nazi Swastika devouring books, the padlocked 'Escuela Normal' at the right