INVESTIGATION ON

A number of American museums are now checking to see if any of the artwork they own might have been stolen by the Nazis during the Second World War. Suspected works include a Rembrandt and a Courbet. – CNN

  • MADONNA SUSPECT: The LA County Museum of Art says it is investigating whether a Madonna and Child tempura panel painted around 1425 went through the hands of one of the most important art dealers the Nazis used in their wholesale plundering of Jewish assets, Hans Wendland. – Times of India (AP)

  • Painting uncovered on check of the museum’s collection for items of questionable provenance. – Los Angeles Times