"Alice Hoschede in the Garden" by Claude Monet, 1881. Currently held in a private collection. #OGC #artdetective #artcrime #arttheft #antiquitiestrafficking #lootedartifacts #artfraud #artrecovery #paintingoftheday

#WantedWednesday "Interior of a Gothic Church" by Emanuel de Witte, 1668. The painting was stored in the Flakturm Friedrichshain repository in Berlin, Germany, for safekeeping and has been missing since May of 1945. #OGC #artdetective #antiquitiestrafficking #lootedartifacts

Greek police officers sentenced over antiquities trafficking. #OGC #artdetective #artcrime #arttheft #antiquitiestrafficking #lootedartifacts #artfraud #artrecovery

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"The Night Watch" by Rembrandt, 1642. Currently located at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Netherlands. #OGC #artdetective #artcrime #arttheft #antiquitiestrafficking #lootedartifacts #artfraud #artrecovery #paintingoftheday

Thousands of Looted Artifacts Returned to Cambodia and Thailand - Eugene Today In 2019, Associate Professor Alison Carter of the University of Oregon received a collection of over 1,000 artifacts that a collector had purchased decades ago while working in Cambodia and Thailand. ...

Thousands of looted artifacts returned to Cambodia and Thailand. #OGC #artdetective #artcrime #arttheft #antiquitiestrafficking #lootedartifacts #artfraud #artrecovery

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#WantedWednesday "Jardin des Plantes" by Adolph Menzel, 1869. Originally owned by Jewish businessman Alfred Sommerguth, the painting was sold in 1939 to pay a“flight tax” that would allow Alfred and his family to leave Germany. Current whereabouts are unknown. #OGC #artdetective #artcrime

Greek art dealer, Giorgos Tsagkarakis, has been arrested on charges of art forgery and antiquities trafficking following a police investigation. #OGC #artdetective #artcrime #arttheft #antiquitiestrafficking

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"Labourage nivernais" by Rosa Bonheur, 1849. Currently located at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, France. #OGC #artdetective #artcrime #arttheft #antiquitiestrafficking #lootedartifacts #artfraud #artrecovery #paintingoftheday

Historic Ardmore artifacts stolen during building renovation The new owners of a historic building at 28 Washington Street in Ardmore are offering a $500 reward after several items were stolen Monday night during an ongoing renovation.

Historic Ardmore artifacts stolen during building renovation. #OGC #artdetective #artcrime #arttheft #antiquitiestrafficking

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"Twilight in the Wilderness" by Frederic Edwin Church, 1860. Currently located at The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio. #OGC #artdetective #artcrime #arttheft #antiquitiestrafficking #lootedartifacts #artfraud #artrecovery #paintingoftheday

Poland Returns 91 Stolen Greek-Jewish Artifacts to Greece - The National Herald ATHENS – The first repatriation of cultural property from Poland to its country of origin has now become a reality. The historic collection of 91 Greek-Jewish religious artifacts was handed over to Gr...

'Poland returns 91 valuable Greek-Jewish religious artifacts stolen from synagogues and from families of Greek Jews during World War II and the Nazi occupation by the organization Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg.' #OGC #artdetective # artcrime

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"In the Dressing Room" by Louis Kronberg, 1910. Pastel on canvas, currently located in the yellow room of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. #OGC #artdetective #artcrime #arttheft #paintingoftheday

#WantedWednesday "The Riva degli Schiavoni looking west" by Canaletto, 1736. Owned by Jewish textile manufacturer, Bernhard Altmann. The Anschluss of 1938 annexed Austria to Nazi Germany. Bernhard’s business was “Aryanized” the process by which confiscated Jewish assets. #OGC #artdetective

Shipment of Bronze Age era swords, arrowheads seized by Phila. Customs and Border Patrol officers U.S. Customs and Border Control officers made a historic discovery when they seized a shipment containing dozens of Bronze Age swords and arrowheads.

Shipment of Bronze Age era artifacts were seized by Philadelphia Customs and Border Patrol officers. #OGC #artdetective #artcrime #arttheft #antiquitiestrafficking #lootedartifacts #artfraud #artrecovery

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"Lost on the Grand Banks" by American artist Winslow Homer, 1885. This painting depicts two fishermen in a small dory battling a turbulent grey, North Atlantic sea. Currently located in a private collection. #OGC #artdetective #artcrime #paintingoftheday

#WantedWednesday "Manet painting in Monet's Garden" by Claude Monet, 1874. Originally owned by the German Jewish artist Max Liebermann. The painting was confiscated in 1943 after Max's death. It is suspected that the Nazis sold the work after its confiscation. #OGC #artdetective

Portugal returns stolen Mexican artifacts in first handover | The Jerusalem Post INAH specialists were sent photographs of the finds and conducted a preliminary review of the three, confirming that they indeed “form part of Mexico’s archaeological heritage.”

Portugal returns stolen Mayan, Zapotec artifacts to Mexico. #OGC #artdetective #artcrime #arttheft #antiquitiestrafficking #lootedartifacts #artfraud

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"Basket of Flowers" by French Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix, 1848 -49. Currently located at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. #OGC #artdetective #artcrime #arttheft #antiquitiestrafficking #paintingoftheday

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"A Garland of Flowers Surrounding a Picture of Flora" by Jan Brueghel the Elder. Originally belonging to German art collector and art dealer Dr. Max Stern. In 1937 his art collection was confiscated by the Gestapo. #OGC #artdetective

Alleged ‘Cat Burglar’ Nabbed After Egyptian Artifact Robbery | Ancient Origins Queensland police recovered stolen Egyptian artefacts from the Abbey Museum after a window-smash break-in, arresting a suspect and returning a 2,600-year-old cat figure.

A 52-year-old man arrested after police recovered most of the stolen ancient Egyptian items from the Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology in Caboolture, north of Brisbane. #OGC #artdetective #artcrime

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"The Storm" by Pierre Auguste Cot, 1880. The painting depicts a young couple running to escape a storm. Currently located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. #OGC #artdetective #artcrime #arttheft #antiquitiestrafficking #artfraud #artrecovery #paintingoftheday

Egypt Recovers an Ancient Artifact from the Era of King Thutmose III from the Netherlands Egypt Recovers an Ancient Artifact from the Era of King Thutmose III from the Netherlands.

Egypt recovers stone artifact from the Era of King Thutmose III from the Netherlands. #OGC #artdetective #artcrime #arttheft #antiquitiestrafficking #lootedartifacts #artfraud #artrecovery

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Smithsonian to Return Three Looted Bronzes to Indian Government The sculptures of Hindu gods and their followers were stolen from Tamil temples and smuggled out of India in the mid-20th century.

The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Asian Art plans to return three looted bronze sculptures of Hindu gods and their followers to India. #OGC #artdetective #artcrime #arttheft #antiquitiestrafficking #lootedartifacts #artfraud #artrecovery

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"Vase of Flowers" by Jan Davidsz de Heem, 1660. Currently located at the National Gallery of Art Museum in Washington, D.C. #OGC #artdetective #artcrime #arttheft #antiquitiestrafficking #lootedartifacts #artfraud #artrecovery #paintingoftheday

#WantedWednesday "Ispahan carpet fragment" c. 1560. Originally belonging to Baron Ferenc Hatvany. In 1945, the Soviet Red Army captured Budapest, and it is assumed that Ferenc's collection stored within may have been victim to the systematic looting. #OGC #artdetective #artcrime

Drents Museum suffered a quarter of a million euros in damage after art theft The Drents Museum suffered approximately 250,000 euros in material damage during the major art theft exactly one year ago, authorities said. The robbery targeted archaeological treasures on loan from ...

New reports claim the Drents Museum suffered approximately 250,000 euros in material damage due to the major art theft that occurred last year. #OGC #artdetective

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"Path in the Wheat Fields at Pourville" by French Impressionist painter Claude Monet, 1882. Currently located within the Frederic C. Hamilton Collection at the Denver Art Museum in Denver, Colorado, USA. #OGC #artdetective #artcrime #paintingoftheday

#WantedWednesday "Sappho" by Auguste Rodin, date of creation unknown. The sculpture originally belonged to Hans Fürstenberg. In 1940, the Germans invaded and occupied portions of France and his art collection was confiscated. Current whereabouts of the sculpture remain unknown. #OGC #artdetective

Man arrested after rare art stolen from historic venue A piece of rare artwork was stolen from the famous building last October

A man has been arrested following the theft of a piece of artwork taken from the Mandela Room in St George's Hall in Liverpool. #OGC #artdetective #artcrime #arttheft #antiquitiestrafficking #lootedartifacts #artfraud #artrecovery

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