Two 17th-century paintings have been taken off the auction block after a Holocaust art restitution organization determined that they had been looted from a German Jew’s collection in France during World War II.

The two paintings, believed to be by Dutch artist Ambrosius Bosschaert, were set to be sold at an auction house in Newark, Ohio, this month until a tip submitted to the Monuments Men and Women Foundation prompted the group to intervene.

The foundation, which is dedicated to recovering European artworks stolen during World War II and is named for the Allied military group , researched the pieces and discovered that they originally belonged to the family of Adolphe Schloss , a German Jew whose 333-work collection was seized and divided by the Nazis during World War II.

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