Mór Lipót Herzog (1869-1934) was a Jewish Hungarian art collector, banker, and large estate owner whose art collection is the object of Holocaust-related restitution claims.

Life

Herzog, known as Baron Herzog, was born in 1869 in Budapest and was Jewish. He participated in the

Sonderbund westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler The "Sonderbund" — as it is normally called; its complete name being Sonderbund westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler (the "Separate League of West German Art Lovers and Artists"), and also known as Sonderbund group — was a "specia ...

. He died on November 19, 1934 in Budapest. He was buried at Fiumei Street Cemetery. He is also known as: Mor Lipot Herzog, Mór Lipót Herzog de Csete, Baron Mór Lipót Herzog, Moriz Leopold Herzog von Csete

Art Collection

Herzog's art collection was the largest in Hungary and contained many masterpieces. The collection was estimated to contain more than 2000 artworks including

The Rue Mosnier Dressed with Flags ''The Rue Mosnier with Flags'' is an 1878 oil on canvas painting by Édouard Manet, showing the eponymous Parisian street, decorated with French flags for the first national holiday on 30 June 1878, the ''Fête de la Paix'' (Celebration of Peace ...

and La Négresse by Manet as well as Francisco de Zurbarán’s portrait of ''Saint Andrew, The Annunciation to Joachim by Lucas Cranach the Elder( 1518) and The Annunciation to Joachim by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1518)''

Nazi looting and lawsuits for restitution

Martha Nierenberg Martha Nierenberg (1924 – 2020) (known in full as Martha ''née'' Weiss de Csepel Nierenberg), was a Hungarian-born American businesswoman who co-founded Dansk International Designs. Early life and education Nierenberg was born in Buda ...

, his granddaughter, tried for many years to recover art looted from the Herzog family. In 2010, his heirs sued the Hungarian government for the return of more than 40 paintings seized during World War II, valued in excess of US$ 100 million. The case reached the United States Supreme court as De Csepel et al. v. Republic of Hungary et al.

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{{Authority control Jewish art collectors Nazi-looted art Jewish Hungarian history 1869 births 1934 deaths