Report of the Spoliation Advisory Panel in respect of the painting 鈥楲a Ronde Enfantine鈥� by Gustave Courbet in the possession of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
This report deals with a claim brought to the Spoliation Advisory Panel on behalf of the heirs of the late Robert Bing, seeking restitution of the painting La Ronde Enfantine by Gustave Courbet currently in the collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
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皇冠体育app Spoliation Advisory Panel considered a restitution claim on behalf of heirs of the late Robert Bing for an oil painting, La Ronde Enfantine, by Gustave Courbet now in possession of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. 皇冠体育app claimants submitted that the painting was seized from the flat of Robert L茅o Michel L茅vy Bing in Paris on 5 May 1941 by the Nazis.
皇冠体育app Panel concluded that the evidence provided supported the claimants version of events and that the painting was seized by the Nazi occupying forces on account of Robert Bing being Jewish. 皇冠体育app Panel recommended that the Painting be restituted to Mondex Corporation representing and on behalf of the heirs of Robert Bing. 皇冠体育app Panel was keen to stress that their recommendation implied no criticism of the Museum or the original donor to the Museum, 皇冠体育app Very Reverend Eric Milner-White, who had acted honourably and in accordance with the standards prevailing at the time of acquisition and since.
皇冠体育app Spoliation Advisory Panel was designated by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to consider the claim.聽 皇冠体育app Panel was established in 2000 by government to consider claims for the return of cultural objects lost during the Nazi-era (1933-1945).