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An Argentine couple, linked to a former Nazi official, is under house arrest as authorities search for a stolen Italian painting from WWII, believed to be hidden in their home, amid ongoing investigations into Nazi-looted art in South America.
A US appeals court ruled that Madrid’s Thyssen-Bornemisza museum may keep a painting by Camille Pissarro, looted by the Nazis from a Jewish woman, rejecting the ownership claim by her heirs. The painting, "Rue Saint Honore, Afternoon, Rain Effect," was stolen in 1939 and purchased by the museum in 1993. The court's decision was based on applying Spanish law, as it outweighed California's interest in deterring theft and obtaining recoveries for victims of stolen art. The heirs' lawyers plan to seek review by an 11-judge 9th Circuit panel, arguing against Spain's insistence on harboring Nazi-looted art.
Madrid's Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum welcomed a U.S. court decision allowing it to keep a French impressionist painting looted from a Jewish woman by the Nazis, which the museum said it had bought decades later in a transparent way. The decision concerned one of the oldest Nazi art theft cases, involving Camille Pissarro's "Rue Saint Honore, Afternoon, Rain Effect". The California appeals court ruled in favor of Spain's interest in providing "certainty of title" to its museums, outweighing California's interest in deterring theft and obtaining recoveries for victims of stolen art who live there.