Successfully RESTITUTED

Jan Davidsz. de Heem Still life with glass, glass stand and musical instrument Restituted to the heirs of Jacob Lierens in cooperation with the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.

Successfully RESTITUTED

Wassily Kandinsky Bild mit Häusern Restituted to the heirs of Robert and Wilhelmine Lewenstein, and Irma Klein in cooperation with the City of Amsterdam, the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and the Stedelijk Museum of Amsterdam.

Sucessfully Restituted

Marc Chagall Le Père Restituted to the heirs of David Cender in cooperation with the French Ministry of Culture, the National Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Jewish Art and History in Paris.

Leaders in Research, Advocacy and Restitution

Established in 1993

Every member of our international team of historians, art provenance researchers and legal experts helps to obtain justice for families whose property was misappropriated during the Second World War. Over the years, we have recovered important art, cultural artifacts and other looted assets but the primary goal of our work is even more significant: helping to right personal and historic wrongs through restitution.

What We Do

Mondex serves its clients by advocating on their behalf, combining art and science in its methods and research, and working closely with its international legal team, which provides multi-jurisdictional expertise in developing legal and restitution strategies.

Research

The material goal driving all of our research is the return of property that was lost to persecution. In theory, this goal is straightforward. But in practice?

Advocacy

At Mondex, we advocate successfully for our clients when we achieve a restitution agreement. In some cases, restitution occurs once we communicate with the possessor of a misappropriated artifact, a possessor who may be unaware that the artifact was stolen.

Restitution

At its most basic, restitution refers to ‘the restoration of something lost or stolen to its proper owner.’ Our restitution services at Mondex take things further, which is part of our value to clients.

Successfully RESTITUTED

Restitution Success Rate ^*

organizations we have cooperated with to complete important restitutions:

97%

organizations we have cooperated with to complete important restitutions:

Mondex's valued clients benefit from our outstanding success rate in returning artworks to which they have rightful claims. Our clients reap the rewards, not only of our superlative track record, but of our team's expert knowledge and skills, developed over more than 25 years, and our unparalleled commitment to our clients.

We are honoured to have completed several successful restitutions with a large number of museums, government organizations, institutions and private individuals world-wide, and to have found just and fair restitution solutions for our clients, which preserve their dignity and protects their human rights.

*Success rate based on filed claims as of 2023 (rate may change).

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France24: A law for the restitution of works of art looted by the Nazis: a first in France

February 15, 2022

This is an English translation of the original French Article FRENCH ARTICLE “Une loi pour la restitution d’œuvres d’art spoliées par les nazis : une…