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The move was welcomed by lawyers representing families whose looted art was feared forever gone.

In recent years some spectacular restitutions of looted art have led to masterpieces moving around the world.

The death of art philosopher Arthur C Danto and the revelation of a stash of Nazi- looted art in Germany.

The looted art trove may help to shed light on one of the more obscure chapters in Nazi Germany's history.

The German government said 13 art works had now been returned to their lawful owners after being identified as looted art.

An American soldier examines part of Herman Goering's personal collection of looted art, recovered as the allies invaded Germany in 1945.

The Swiss Kunstmuseum in Berne has agreed to accept works from the Gurlitt family collection not suspected of being Nazi looted art.

Officials in the southern state of Bavaria declined comment on what could be one of the most significant recoveries of Nazi- looted art.

It was 1998 and octogenerian Maria Altmann found out that Austria had passed a restitution act, which included compensation for looted art.

Grütters said three works that had been identified by a specialist taskforce as looted art would be returned to their owners without delay.

Co-star Matt Damon calls the real-life, contemporary illustration of the 70-year-old problem of Nazi- looted art "fortuitous for the film," but hardly surprising.

The discovery of nearly 1,400 artworks in a trove of Nazi- looted art is "emotional", an expert has said.

Last year German authorities revealed that Nazi- looted art valued at $1.38 billion had been found in a Munich apartment.

Last month German authorities revealed that a trove of Nazi- looted art, valued at 1 billion euros ($1.38 billion), had been found in a Munich apartment.