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Case Summary
Di Giuseppe Heirs' Claim Against Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Précis
The heirs of Jewish art collector Federico Gentili di Giuseppe, claimed ownership of the painting Adoration of the Magi (c. 1725) by Corrado Giaquinto, which had been purchased by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) from a London art dealer in 1992. The painting was one of dozens of works of art from di Giuseppe’s collection that had been auctioned off by the French Government in 1941. . .
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