U.S. Department of Justice receipt for property transferring ownership of the 18th century painting titled “Landscape of Italian Character” by Vienna-born artist Johann Franz Nepomuk Lauterer

Restoring History: American Soldier Returns Stolen 300-Year-Old Painting to German Museum

CHICAGO A baroque landscape painting by 18th-century Austrian artist Johann Franz Nepomuk Lauterer, which went missing during World War II, has been returned to Germany. The FBI handed over the artwork to a German museum representative in a ceremony at...