Item Information
Title: Unidentified G.I. holding a painting of the Madonna and child, at Altaussee, Austria
Date: 1945
Physical Details: 1 photographic print : silver gelatin ; 13 x 18 cm.
Description: Identification on verso (handwritten): A G.I. holding a Sch. of Leonardo da Vinci M. & C., taken to Göring's fury from Monte Cassino. He rejected this painting and many others when they were presented to him by members of his air force. It was not proper to loot the holdings [of] an ally (Italy). Curious morality! T.C.H.
Creator: Howe, Thomas Carr, 1904-1994, photographer
Forms part of: Thomas Carr Howe papers, 1932-1984
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation Information: Thomas Carr Howe. Unidentified G.I. holding a painting of the Madonna and child, at Altaussee, Austria, 1945. Thomas Carr Howe papers, 1932-1984. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Digital ID: 15152