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    A Story Of War, Theft And A Beautiful Woman, Back In The U.S. After 70+ Years

    After World War II, 202 paintings stolen by the Nazis toured the U.S. Now, the Cincinnati Art Museum has four of them back on view in the exhibition "Paintings, Politics and the Monuments Men."
    by Susan Stamberg Jul 05, 2021 3 minutes
    Sandro Botticelli, <em>Ideal Portrait of a Lady ("Simonetta Vespucci")</em>, 1475-80, tempera on poplar panel

    Gorgeous. Serene. You won't believe the rocky life this glorious young woman has led since Botticelli painted her in Italy around 1475. First off, she doesn't look her age. And with a passport that would make jet setters seem slug-a-beds, she's seen parts of Europe that Americans flock to, and ends up right now in an American city that rarely tops European's bucket lists: Cincinnati, Ohio. She's part of the Cincinnati Art Museum exhibition, "Paintings, Politics and the Monuments

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