1 / 3   A painting titled "Portrait of a seated woman" by artist Thomas Couture was restituted to its rightful heirs Maria de las Mercedes Estrada (L) and Wolfgang Kleinertz (C), the heirs of French Jewish politician and resistance leader Georges Mandel, on January 8, 2019 in Berlin. /VCG Photo

2 / 3   The valuable painting that was looted by the Nazis and discovered in late collector Cornelius Gurlitt’s art trove while German authorities were investigating a tax case in 2012. /VCG Photo

3 / 3   The Bavarian collector, Cornelius Gurlitt, inherited this painting from his father, Hildebrand, an art dealer who was tasked by the Nazis with selling art stolen from Jews or confiscated as "degenerate" works. /VCG Photo