“The Heirs of a Famed German-Jewish Art Dealer Are Selling This Restituted Painting to Fund the Search for Others”
Robert Simon played an integral role in the rediscovery and restitution of Franz Xaver Winterhalter’s Girl from the Sabine Hills to the Max Stern Foundation. The Foundation is now selling the painting through Robert Simon Fine Art to fund its mission to recover works taken from Max Stern and to support related research and educational programs surrounding restitution of Nazi-looted art.
A quote from Robert: “The painting tells several stories. One about a crucial early work that brought fame and attention to the artist who would become the most celebrated painter of royalty and aristocracy in his time. Another about the lure of Italy to painters for their education and artistic growth. (And that appeal continues to today.) Also, the painting is an emblem of the horrors of the fascist regime in Germany and, as a survivor, a testament to overcoming that. But, finally, it is simply a beautiful and evocative image of universal appeal.”
