A report in the New York Times this week notes the contentious history of a 17th-century work attributed to Eustache Le Sueur, held in The Met’s collection but recently discovered as potentially looted by the Nazis by Jewish art dealer, Siegfried Aram. “This is important new information that is worthy of a detailed investigation, which we will begin immediately,†the museum said in a statement. “The Met has a long history of working with claimants to research and find a just and fair solution in cases of art wrongfully appropriated during the Nazi era.â€
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