Elizabeth Taylor to keep Vincent van Gogh painting

Tuesday, 22 May 2007 00:52

SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- A federal appeals court upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit demanding that Elizabeth Taylor turn over a Vincent van Gogh painting once confiscated by Nazis. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stated a lower federal court properly ruled in 2005 that the statute of limitations had expired for the state law under which the family filed its claim.

Four descendants of the late Margarete Mauthner had claimed back in 2004 that Taylor failed to review the ownership history of "View of the Asylum of Saint-Remy" before acquiring the painting more than 40 years ago. According to the heirs, a sales brochure warned the work could have been confiscated by the Nazis.

Elizabeth Taylor, now 75, has had an incredible life and career of Dame Elizabeth Taylor! This is a woman with many facets. As a celebrity she has endured in the public spotlight for over sixty years. a major screen legend also a star of television, the stage, extraordinary business ventures, life, and her work to help find a cure for HIV/AIDS.