An oil painting of St. Gregory, created by Peter Paul Rubens and looted from a German castle in the closing days of World War II, is being returned by the Buffalo AKG Art Museum. The sketch of St. Gregory of Nazianzus, also by Rubens, is headed back to Friedenstein Castle in Gotha, Germany, after it went missing at the end of World War II. The Buffalo AKG Art Museum, a successor to the Albright Gallery, had previously moved to sell the sketch in 2020, but auction house Christie’s convinced them to sell it to Gotha.
It was passed down to the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, a successor institution to the Albright Gallery. The Buffalo museum moved to sell the sketch on the market in 2020, but auction house Christie’s convinced them to sell it to Gotha. https://t.co/Dm0awzsUcn
A sketch of St. Gregory of Nazianzus painted by baroque artist Peter Paul Rubens is headed back to Friedenstein Castle in Gotha, Germany after it went missing at the end of World War II. https://t.co/NlBR8hSw4A
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An oil painting of St. Gregory, created by Rubens and looted from a German castle in the closing days of World War II by the ducal family that once owned it, is being returned by a Buffalo museum. https://t.co/c6qG8YAyQ6
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