
The Paris court ordered the restitution to the descendants of a collector of a painting by Camille Pissarro, “The Port of Dieppe”, looted during the Second World War and sold illegally in London in 2024.
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The painting was looted during the Second World War. It was located at a sale in London in 2024.
The Paris court ordered Thursday, November 5, the restitution to the descendants of an art collector robbed during the Second World War of a painting by the impressionist painter Camille Pissarro, which appeared for the last time during a sale in London in 2024, the court said in a press release.
In its decision on this painting entitled “The port of Dieppe” or “Fishing dock and Duquesne basin, Dieppe, sunny afternoon”, the court “noted the nullity of all successive sales of the disputed painting since its spoliation, including the sale which took place in London on June 25, 2024, and ordered the restitution of the work, in whatever hands and wherever it is located”, he indicated.

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