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Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons Dated 27 April 2006 for the Report of the Spoliation Advisory Panel in Respect of Four Drawings Now in the Possession of the British Museum
註釋The Panel considers claims from anyone who lost possession of a cultural object, during the Nazi era, that is now in the possession of a UK national collection. This report concerns the claim made by the heirs of the late Dr Arthur Feldmann in relation to four drawings now held by the British Museum. The four drawings are: i) 'The Holy Family' by Niccolo dell'Abbate; ii) 'An Allegory on Poetic Inspiration with Mercury and Apollo' by Nicholas Blakey; iii) 'Virgin and Infant Christ, adored by St Elizabeth and the Infant St John' by Martin Johann Schmidt; and iv) 'St Dorothy with the Christ Child' by the School of Martin Schèngauer. The drawings, together with the rest of Dr Feldmann's large art collection, were seized by the Gestapo in March 1939 on the day the Germans invaded Czechoslovakia. The Panel's report concludes that although the claimants have no legal claim to the drawings (and therefore it would not be appropriate to award compensation), the claimants have an unassailable moral claim which should be reflected in an ex-gratia payment by the Government of £175,000.