Amsterdam Museum to Return Matisse Painting Acquired during Nazi Era

        On June 25, 2024, the Stedelijk Museum announced it would return a rare Henri Matisse painting to the heirs of Jewish textile manufacturer Albert Stern[2] [2] following a Dutch Restitutions Committee ruling. Prior to World War II, Matisse’s Odalisque 1920-1921 painting belonged to Albert and his wife Marie Stern’s private art collection. In recent years, the Stern family, represented by the Commission for Looted Art in Europe, worked with the museum to jointly submit their case to the Dutch Restitutions Committee.