Recovered painting looted by Nazis is identical to one in a Philadelphia museum
, was painted in 1892 by Melchers, a Detroit-born artist of German ancestry, and was perhaps first displayed in 1893 at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. It was acquired by PAFA's director Harrison Morris in 1901., meanwhile, was acquired by German publisher Rudolf Mosse at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition in 1900, NBC News reported in October. Mosse ran a periodical that was critical of the Nazi Party, making him and his ancestors a target of the Nazis.
According to Joanna Catron, curator of Gari Melchers Home and Studio in Falmouth, Virginia, the near-identical paintings may be the result of Melchers being inspired by his own work.:"He was known to copy or crib from himself multiple times—anything to pay the rent. I think this was an instance of, 'Well, this is so successful, I think I'll try it in pastel.
"I think it was painted as a spec piece but didn't sell, which is why it is still with us," Catron told the."We are very glad to have it, though. I will assume, because it was worked up on very thin tissue/tracing paper mounted on board, that [Melchers] traced it from the original PAFA version."by email Monday that the museum was"aware that Melchers had produced different versions of this scene, and that one was in the [PAFA] collection.
Friedlander added:"The works are incredible. It would have been terrific to look further into this group but Melchers had never been the subject of intense research here."is currently in an FBI storage facility in Albany, New York, while investigators track down the nearest Mosse relatives to return it to the family.'s illegal liquidation by the Nazis when he bought it in 1934. The Arkell Museum forfeited the painting to the FBI in September.
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