Bernardo Bellotto
“The Marketplace at Pirna”
Monuments Men Foundation Uncovers Evidence Indicating Nazi Era “Forced Sale” Painting Currently on View at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Belongs to Heirs of Dr. Max Emden

History of Bellotto's provenances by MFAH
MMF Analysis of MFAH Provenance Report by Laurie Stein
Press
MFAH may keep painting once owned by Hitler’s art dealer, as judge rules against Jewish heirs
Houston Chronicle
May 4, 2022 - A federal judge ruled this week that the Museum of Fine Arts Houston can keep an 18th-century painting once owned by Nazis, ...
This MFAH painting was purchased by Hitler's art dealer. Should it be returned to Jewish owner's family?
Houston Chronicle
March 24, 2022 - Houston’s premier art museum faced off with a Chilean family in federal court Thursday over allegations the museum improperly obtained ...
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Must End Its Head-in-the-Sand Approach to Justice When It Comes to Restitution
Artnet
August 31, 2021 - The head of the Monuments Men Foundation on the pain-staking research into the real history behind a Bellotto painting at the MFAH. ...
Restitution Experts Blast Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts for Refusing to Return a Painting Once Purchased for Hitler’s Museum
Artnet
August 18, 2021 - The Monuments Men Foundation is squaring off against the MFAH in the court of public opinion ...
What Constitutes Art Sales Under Duress? A Dispute Reignites the Question
The New York Times
August 17, 2021 - A fight over a landscape painting bought for Hitler is focused on the question of whether its sale was voluntary or forced by economic distress the Nazis helped create. ...
MFA Houston Owns Bellotto Painting Sold Under Duress During World War II, Foundation Claims
ArtNews
July 22, 2021 -The Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art, an organization that researches works looted during World War II, is calling on the Museum of Fine Arts Houston to returne. ...