but van huysum's vase of flowers and several other paintings eluded them. so who took it?the painting as a souvenir for his family, which still has it. if you were the current possessor of the picture, would you be feeling the heat right now? i wouldn't like this attention. a painting like the van huysum in my opinion is on the one hand, from a cultural standpoint, priceless, and from a commercial standpoint, worthless. because there is not a legitimate auction house in the world that would take that painting an attempt to sell it. the german government has now admitted in parliament that the painting belongs to italy. a lawyer representing the german holders has told the italian media that the work was obtained "in good faith," and that its fate should be decided by an arbitrator. but italy refuses to pay to recover a work it already owns. this country has plenty of practice at getting its stolen goods back. this warehouse, full of recovered artworks is regularly restocked by the police art squad. it expects the van huysum to be sent home. translation: diplomatic efforts

but van huysum's vase of flowers and other paintings eluded them. so who took it?s it. if you were the current possessor of the picture, would you be feeling the heat right now? i wouldn't like this attention. a painting like the van huysum, in my opinion, is on the one hand — from a cultural standpoint — priceless, and from a commercial standpoint, worthless. because there is not an auction house, a legitimate auction house, in the world that would take that painting and attempt to sell it. the german government has now admitted in parliament that the painting belongs to italy. a lawyer representing the german holders has told the italian media that the work was obtained in good faith, and that its faith should be decided by an arbitrator. but italy refuses to pay to recover a work it already owns. this country has plenty of practice at getting its stolen goods back. this warehouse full of recovered artworks is regularly restocked by the police art squad. it expects the van huysum to be sent home. translation: diplomatic efforts are going very well. we can't reall