A 16th-century painting that was stolen from its Italian-Jewish owner, sold by France's Vichy government and recently returned to his heirs is being auctioned off. Girolamo de' Romani's "Christ Carrying the Cross Dragged by a Rogue," which was restituted in April to the heirs of Federico Gentili di Giuseppe, is slated to be auctioned Tuesday at Christie's Old Masters sale. It is expected to sell for about $3 million. The painting was seized Nov. 4 by the US Department of Homeland Security from the Mary Brogan …More

A US court has ordered the return of a painting illegally sold by the French Vichy government to the descendants of its former Jewish owner. The 16th Century painting “Christ Carrying the Cross Dragged by a Rogue” by Girolamo de’ Romani will be returned to the heirs of Federico Gentili di Giuseppe, as ordered by a Florida court, the Associated Press reported. The Department of Homeland Security seized the Baroque painting from the Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science in Tallahassee on November …More