Museums of Russia: Picture from the Cabinet of Nicholas I, stolen during the Nazi occupation, comes back to Tsarskoye Selo

The picture from the Cabinet of Nicholas I, stolen by the Nazis, comes back to the State Museum Reserve “Tsarskoye Selo”.

Moscow collectors Tatyana and Sergei Podstanitskiy on December 24, 2012 will give to the Museum Reserve a stolen during the Nazi occupation picture of Karl Friedrich Schultz “Ranks of Crimean Tatar Squadron of Cossack Regiment”.

The picture is done in 1850. The canvas was commissioned by Nicholas I for the Tsarskoye Selo collection, and later it became a part of the museum fund.

According to the museum press-service, the picture was recorded in the inventory of museum of 1938-1940s. The next mention about it was found in the “Union Catalogue of cultural values, stolen and lost during the World War II”. For a long time the canvas was in search.

“The Podstanitsky purchased the painting at the auction in Germany a few years ago. Recent German owners were not aware of its connection with Russian culture. Moscow collectors and art historians attributed the painting and returned it to Russia", - said in a statement.