Artloss.com, the worlds largest registry of stolen art and antiquities, tells us that they are in search of a missing Sisley painting and are offering a reward for its return.

Unfortunately, they don’t seem to be sure how much the reward should be – but don’t let that worry you, with settlements nearly always in the millions, there is sure to be a pay day in this for someone.

In 1998, the Art Loss Register compiled a database of 1933 - 1945 cultural claims. These are claims that mostly relate to Nazi looting during the second world war.

All Holocaust claims are registered on the ALR database free of charge and are systematically checked against forthcoming auction house sales - over 300,000 lots per annum. Additionally, the ALR attends art trade fairs in Holland, Switzerland, Germany and France, Italy and the United States where dealers' stock is compared to the database in order to identify stolen and looted art on behalf of theft victims. Claims are also compared to museum records, Nazi confiscation lists, catalogue raisonnés, exhibition catalogues and other literature with the aim of locating the missing artworks.

The painting in question is Le Port de Moret by Alfred Sisley – an Oil on Canvas.

Provenance: Collection Jules Strauss; Sold, Hotel Drouot, Paris 2 May 1902, lot 68; Louis Hirsch, Paris (acquired at the above sale); On deposit with the Embassy of Argentina, Paris;  Seized by the Gestapo in 1942;  Declared Missing.

Confiscated during the Nazi Occupation of France from a Jewish art collector, a reward is on offer for information that leads to the recovery of the Sisley on behalf of its rightful owner

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