Art Provenance
Large amount of art objects have been looted throughout the years with the most notorious one being the systematic art thefts that were happening before and during World War II, resulting in a large-scale misplacement of art ownership, especially in…
The History of Mona Lisa
Today Mona Lisa is considered as the most known painting in the entire world. The masterpiece of the mysterious woman with an enigmatic smile was created by the Italian polymath of the High Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci. It cannot be…
Art Crimes by Nazis
From 1933, the Nazis were looting paintings, sculptures, illuminated books and manuscripts, furniture of art historical value, artworks of antiquity, and basically any pieces of art. In the beginning, they were more specifically targeting the Jewish properties in Germany. Some…
Napoleon’s Art Looting
In the territories of the First French Empire, ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte, series of looting of various art objects were carried out by the Napoleonic officials. Starting from 1796, when Napoleon was in charge of the French Army of Italy,…