A young patron of the arts views an 1815 oil on canvas, "Madame H and Her Children" by Louis Andre Gabriel Bouchet at the Seattle Art Museum. The provenance, or history of ownership, for this piece has some gaps that qualifies it, along with thousands and thousands of other pieces around the world, to be under Holocaust Provenance. Artwork confiscated by the Nazis in the 1930s and 1940s have sometimes, unknown by the museums, found there way in front of the public. Provenance research ensures that pieces seized by the Nazis are returned to their rightful heirs. Artwork present in Europe during the Nazi era, or with unclear dates, or gaps, of transfers between owners are listed under the Holocaust Provenance.
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