Director of Uffizi Galleries in Florence demands that Germany hands back Nazi-looted painting

The director of the Uffizi Galleries in Florence has demanded that Germany return an artwork that was looted by the Nazis during the Second World War.

• Nick Squires
• The Telegraph

Eike Schmidt, who is German himself, said Berlin had a moral duty to give back the painting, Vase of Flowers, by the 18^th century Dutch artist Jan van Huysum.

It was looted from Florence by German soldiers in 1944 and is now owned privately by a German family.

Dr Schmidt, who has been the head of the Uffizi Galleries since 2015, said the family had refused “numerous requests” for the…

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