#Michelangelo&039;s Madonna and Child

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Seeing the Great Art Hitler Stole

Carole and I spent a week in Belgium where we saw two masterpieces stolen by the Nazis and retrieved by the Monuments Men. The works were worth saving and seeing.

Seeing art masterworks in person is always a pleasure. Seeing masterworks stolen by the Nazis and recovered by the Monuments Men makes viewing them even more pleasurable. Michelangelo’s Madonna and Child, his first sculpture to leave Italy in his lifetime, can be seen in an ancient Bruges church. The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, a polyptych painted by the Van Eyck brothers, is on display in St.…