Exclusive: she will sell the 1683 portrait of Steven Wolters by Caspar Netscher through Sotheby’s so her family can benefit from the proceeds
Photograph: Family of Mrs Charlotte Bischoff van HeemskerckPhotograph: Family of Mrs Charlotte Bischoff van HeemskerckAt the age of 101, a Dutch woman has been reunited with a painting that had been looted from her father by the Nazis during the second world war, but she has decided to sell it through Sotheby’s in London so that her family can benefit from the proceeds.
In 1944, Allied forces launched Operation Market Garden, in which the British 1st Airborne Division attempted to seize the strategically important road bridge over the Rhine at Arnhem, as shown in the classic film A Bridge Too Far. Hearing of the painting’s recovery, Christopher Marinello, a leading restitution lawyer, said: “It is wonderful for the heirs to recover something after such a long time. It’s a shame that not enough collectors and dealers are willing to cooperate with heirs or to come forward voluntarily.”
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