The Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum in Madrid received from an American court the right to keep a painting by Camille Pissarro stolen by the Nazis more than eight decades ago.

The painting “Street Saint Honore in the afternoon”, the artist PissarroPhoto: SJArt / Alamy / Alamy / Profimedia

An appellate court in Pasadena (California) ruled on January 9 that the National Museum of Spain has the right to keep the painting “Rue St Honoré, apres-midi, effet de pluie” (1897), painted by the French impressionist Camille Pissarro , which the Nazis stole from a Jewish family. The trial lasted 20 years and pitted the Spanish institution against the heirs of the Jewish refugees.

Although the decision was unanimous, one of the judges expressed a dissenting opinion that he hoped Spain would voluntarily return the artworks to the family, writes The Guardian.

The picture is estimated at 30 million dollars.

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