German Historical Museum restitutes painting

The German Historical Museum has restituted Hermann Knackfuß’s painting “Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Dessau (1676-1747) at the Battle of Turin on 7 September 1706” from 1884 to the community of heirs of the Jewish publisher and philanthropist Rudolf Mosse. This subsequently enabled the museum to acquire the work for its collection.

Prof. Dr Raphael Gross, President of the Stiftung Deutsches Historisches Museum: “Thanks to intensive research by our provenance researchers, the DHM has been able to reconstruct the history of the painting’s origin in detail over the past few years and has now returned the work to its rightful owners in accordance with the Washington Principles. I am particularly pleased that the DHM has been able to add another building block to the reconstruction of the Mosse Collection with its provenance research. The DHM is greatly indebted to the descendants of Rudolf Mosse for being able to …

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Image above: Hermann Knackfuß: Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Dessau (1676-1747) at the Battle of Turin on 7 September 1706, 1884 © Deutsches Historisches Museum

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