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January 29, 2008

Providence woman appeals ruling in Nazi art case

In this photo provided by Concordia University, an oil on canvas painting by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, (1806-1873), entitled "Girl from the Sabiner Mountains," obtained from a 1937 auction catalog via the University.

PROVIDENCE — A Providence woman is appealing a court order forcing her to give the estate of a Jewish art dealer a painting her family bought about 70 years ago.

In December, a federal judge ruled that Maria-Luise Bissonnette must give back a 19th-century painting called “Girl from the Sabine Mountains” to the estate of Max Stern.
Bissonnette filed her appeal last week.

Stern’s family owned an art gallery in Germany. Nazi authorities ordered Stern to auction off its holdings.

Bissonnette's stepfather purchased the painting, which Bissonnette inherited.
Stern’s estate sued in 2006 to get the painting back.

-- The Associated Press

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