English Translation

The Advisory Board, in accordance with § 3 of the Federal Law on the Return of Art Objects from the Austrian Federal Museums and Collections, BGBl. I Nr. 181/1998 i.d.F. BGBI. I No. 117/2009, (Art Restitution Act), held its meeting on 18 July 2009. The Federal Minister for Education, the Arts and Culture is recommended to the Czernin Collection in the accompanying dossier of the Commission for Provenance Research. Jaromir Czernin- Morzin-Leibte Gemälde Jan Vermeer van Delft Die Malkunst Kunsthistorisches Museum mit Museum für Völkerkunde und Österreichisches Theatermuseum, Gemäldesgalerie Inventory number GG 9128 not to be transferred to the legal successors of death after Jaromi Czernine (or possibly third party). REASONS The Committee has received the above-mentioned dossier of the Commission for Provenance Research, the accuracy and completeness of which is assumed. In addition, the Advisory Board has received various submissions and expert opinions, including copies of various documents, which are sent to the Federal Minister of Education, Arts and Culture, the Directorate-General of the Kunsthistorisches Museum and the Commission for Provenance Research by legal representatives of restitution recruiters after Jaromir Czernin. The Committee's views are as follows: 1. Ownership, Fideikommiss The painting on the subject was acquired in 1804 by Johann Rudolph Czernin von Chudenitz (1757-1845) from the estate of Gottfried van Swieten (1733-1803) and incorporated in 1862 with the Gemäldegalerie the Czernine Fideikomiss. As part of the gallery, it was exhibited at the Czernin Palace in Vienna 8, Friedrich Schmidt-Platz 4. With the death of the Fideimkommissar Eugen Jaromir Czernin (1851-1925) on 5 November 1925, the question arose whether the Czernine Fideikommiss, whose assets consisted of properties in Czechoslovakia and the gallery in Vienna, and the Czechoslovak Fideiskommissa Uplifting Act of