Judge Rules for Museum in Case of Contested Pissarro
- June 11, 2015 14:19
A federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled that an Impressionist painting that a Jewish woman was forced to sell to the Nazis in 1939 will stay at Spain's Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum.
Judge John F. Walter of the United States District Court for the Central District of California said that the museum was under Spanish law, and therefore was not required to return the Camille Pissarro painting Rue Saint-Honoré, dans l'après-midi. Effet de pluie (1897) to the heirs of Lilly Cassirer.
In his closing, the judge urged the museum to find a resolution, "in light of Spain's acceptance of the Washington Conference Principles and the Terezin Declaration, and, specifically, its commitment to achieve 'just and fair solutions' for victims of Nazi persecution."
The Cassirer family is expected to appeal.
![Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640), After Titian (Tiziano Vecelli) (Italian [Venetian], c. 1488–1576), Rape of Europa, 1628–29. Oil on canvas, 71 7/8 x 79 3/8 in.](/images/c/e2/2e/Jan20_Rape_of_Europa100x100_c.jpg "Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640), After Titian (Tiziano Vecelli) (Italian [Venetian], c. 1488–1576), Rape of Europa, 1628–29. Oil on canvas, 71 7/8 x 79 3/8 in.")
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