Clarence Epstein (L), Director of Special Projects and Cultural Affairs at Concordia University and head of Max Stern Art Restitution Project, Anna B. Rubin (2nd L), Director, New York State Banking Department's Holocaust Claims Processing Office, Peter J. Smith (2nd R), special agent-in-charge of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Lev L. Dassin (R), acting US Attorney for the Southern District of New York stand next to a 17th century Dutch oil painting 'Portrait of a Musician Playing a Bagpipe' (C) stolen by the Nazis in 1937 and repatriated to the estate of Dr. Max Stern April 21, 2009 at the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York. The painting belonged to the late Jewish art dealer Max Stern and was seized after a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigation. The painting is the sixth, of several hundred listed in the claim filed by Dr. Stern's estate, to be recovered. Getty Images logo Getty Images 7 months ago

Clarence Epstein (L), Director of Special Projects and Cultural Affairs at Concordia University and head of Max Stern Art Restitution Project, Anna B. Rubin (2nd L), Director, New York State Banking Department's Holocaust Claims Processing Office, Peter J. Smith (2nd R), special agent-in-charge of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Lev L. Dassin (R), acting US Attorney for the Southern District of New York stand next to a 17th century Dutch oil painting 'Portrait of a Musician Playing a Bagpipe' (C) stolen by the Nazis in 1937 and repatriated to the estate of Dr. Max Stern April 21, 2009 at the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York. The painting belonged to the late Jewish art dealer Max Stern and was seized after a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigation. The painting is the sixth, of several hundred listed in the claim filed by Dr. Stern's estate, to be recovered.

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