The government's Spoliation Advisory Panel has received a claim for a painting called Aeneas and his Family Fleeing Burning Troy by the English painter Henry Gibbs.
The Tate Gallery may have to give up one of its paintings amid claims that it was looted from its original Jewish owner by the Nazis.
A source close to the panel said: 'A claim has been received for an item in the possession of the Tate.'The government's Spoliation Advisory Panel has received a claim for a painting called Aeneas and his Family Fleeing Burning Troy by the English painter Henry Gibbs Prior to the outbreak of war the painting was one of more than sixty which belonged to Samuel Hartveld who ran a successful gallery in Antwerp.
While in charge of the collection Van de Broek is believed to have sold a number of the paintings including the one by Gibbs to other third parties.
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