BERLIN (AP) — A recluse who hoarded a priceless art collection at his homes in Germany and Austria — including works possibly looted from Jewish owners by the Nazis — has for the first time agreed to hand back a piece of art, his representatives said Wednesday.
The unidentified artwork belonged to a trove of some 1,400 works that German police discovered at Cornelius Gurlitt’s home in the Munich borough of Schwabing two years ago.
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