In 1940, Johannes Vermeer’s “The Astronomer” was seized from Edouard de Rothschild in Paris by the Nazi’s Reichsleiter Rosenberg Task force after the German invasion of France. A small swastika was stamped on the back in black ink, and the painting
In 1940, Johannes Vermeer’s “The Astronomer” was seized from Edouard de Rothschild in Paris by the Nazi’s Reichsleiter Rosenberg Task force after the German invasion of France. A small swastika was stamped on the back in black ink, and the painting
