The Bavarian State Painting Collections (), based in Munich, Germany, oversees artwork held by the Free State of Bavaria. It was established in 1799 as Centralgemäldegaleriedirektion. Artwork includes paintings, sculptures, photographs, video art and installation art. Pieces are on display in numerous galleries and museums throughout Bavaria. Galleries in Munich Alte Pinakothek (Old Picture Gallery) Neue Pinakothek (New Picture Gallery) Pinakothek der Moderne (Modern Picture Gallery) Schackgalerie Museum Brandhorst Galleries outside Munich Ansbach | State Gallery in the Residenz Aschaffenburg | State Gallery in the Schloss Johannisburg Augsburg | State Gallery in the Katharinenkirche Augsburg | State Gallery in the Glaspalast Bamberg | State Gallery in the New Residence Bayreuth | State Gallery in the New Palace Burghausen | State Gallery in the Burghausen Castle Füssen | State Gallery in the High Castle Neuburg an der Donau | State Gallery in the Castle Ottobeuren | State Gallery in the Benedictine-Abbey Schleißheim Palace | State Gallery in the New Palace Tegernsee | Olaf-Gulbransson-Museum in the Kurpark Würzburg | State Gallery in the Würzburg Residence Nazi looted art in Bavarian State Collections In 2012, the Bavarian State Paintings Collections announced the restitution of a painting from the workshop of Jan Brueghel the Elder to the heirs of Julius Kien of Vienna. Bavaria had acquired it from the collection of Fritz Thyssen. In 2013, the Bavarian State Painting Collections agreed to return two watercolours by Max Pechstein to the heirs of Professor Curt Glaser, confirming that the auction of his art collection and library were entirely due to Nazi persecution. In 2016, the heirs of Alfred Flechtheim, a German-Jewish art dealer and collector, sued the German state of Bavaria, arguing in court papers that it has refused to turn over works of art that the heirs say were looted by the Nazis before World War II. In June 2016, an investigation by Süddeutsche Zeitung revealed that the Bavarian State Museums had "restituted" looted artworks to the families of high ranking Nazis, which the museum denied in a statement that was criticized as "both inaccurate and misleading". In 2017, the Bavarian State Painting Collections agreed to return a painting of the Raising of Lazarus to the heirs of James von Bleichröder, represented by Mondex Corporation of Toronto, Canada, confirming that the auction of Von Bleichröder's art collection in 1938 was due to Nazi persecution. (footnote to, https://www.pinakothek.de/sites/default/files/downloadable/2020-04/Blog%20Bleichroder_EN_080420.pdf). In 2019, one of the paintings that