Met museum sued by family over allegedly Nazi-looted Van Gogh painting
by Emine Sinmaz in New York from on (#713NA)
New York museum under fire from heirs of Jewish couple allegedly forced to surrender artwork upon fleeing to US
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is being sued by the heirs of a Jewish couple over a Vincent van Gogh oil painting they say was looted by the Nazis.
The suit alleges the couple, Hedwig and Frederick Stern, bought the painting, Olive Picking, in 1935, the year before they were forced to flee their home in Munich.
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