art museum in Braunschweig, Germany
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    Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum
    art museum in Braunschweig, Germany

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      Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum (German)
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      52°15'48.6"N, 10°31'58.8"E
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      Two paintings are now identified as looted artworks: Rombout van Troyen, “Felsgrotte mit Opferszene” (Grotto with a Sacrifice) and Max Joseph Wagenbauer, “Großes Bauerngehöft am Dorfrand” (Great Farm with a Village in the far Distance). They belonged to the Jewish physician Dr Hans Herxheimer from Frankfurt am Main (Frankfurt 1880-1944 Theresienstadt). Meanwhile the painting by Troyen was restituted to the heirs of Dr Max Herxheimer. For the painting by Wagenbauer the heirs of Dr Herxheimer and the Museum agreed that the Museum paid a financial compensation in order to keep the painting in his collection. (Both of the two paintings were bought for the museum from Hahn auction 17 /18 November 1942) (English)
      Herzog-Anton-Ulrich-Museum
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