<i>Das Auge des Gesetzes (Justitia)</i> ("The Eye of the Law (Justitia)")  - oil on canvas; 48.5 x 26.7 cm.
<p>"a sculpture of Lady Justice with cracks at its foundation, Justitia holding broken scales and wearing a somewhat disarranged blindfold, while a soldier hides behind a wall"
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<ul><li>sold under duress by Jewish collector Leo Bendel (who later died in a concentration camp)</li>
<li>bought by the Nazis</li>
<li>after WW II hung in a presidential estate until 2006</li>
<li>restituted to its rightful heirs in 2019</li>
<li>sold for $773,000 at auction, 6 May 2020</li></ul>
See <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.mutualart.com/Article/Carl-Spitzweg-and-the-Poetic-Justice-of-/DA4FD9CB5F55EE4F">[1]</a>.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Carl_Spitzweg" class="extiw" title="w:en:Carl Spitzweg"><span title="German painter (1808-1885)">Carl Spitzweg</span></a>
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