CNN —A Claude Monet pastel painting stolen by Nazis during World War II, which vanished for decades only to show up with a Louisiana art dealer, was returned Wednesday in New Orleans to the descendants of its original owners.
The Monet was then purchased at auction by a Nazi art dealer and disappeared in 1941.
A New Orleans-based antiquities dealer purchased it then sold it to a couple in Washington state.
Since then, the FBI has been working to return the Monet to the Parlagi’s granddaughters, and the handoff was made Wednesday.
The Parlagi family is still searching for several other art pieces stolen by the Nazis, including a signed Paul Signac watercolor from 1903 that was sold to the same Nazi art dealer as the Monet.
Persons:
Claude Monet, ”, Adalbert, Hilda Parlagi, Monet, Paul
Organizations:
CNN, FBI
Locations:
Louisiana, New Orleans, Houston, Austria, Vienna, Nazi, France, Washington