Stolen WWII painting returned to German museum after 300 years
A baroque landscape painting by Austrian artist Johann Franz Nepomuk Lauterer, stolen during World War II, has been returned to Germany after being located by Art Recovery International. The painting, titled "Landscape of Italian Character," was handed over by the FBI to a German museum representative in Chicago. The artwork had been missing since 1945 and was reported stolen from the Bavarian State Painting Collections. It will now be reunited with its counterpart and displayed at the Alte Pinakothek in Munich. The recovery of the painting is a rare moment, and it will be carefully restored by the museum.