Vienna’s Im Kinsky auction house has withdrawn a painting by the Dutch Golden Age portraitist Bartholomeus van der Helst at the French government’s request. The work was part of the illustrious Schloss Collection of Flemish and Dutch Old Master paintings, which was looted by Nazis in 1943. The auction house’s managing director stated that the consignor, who acquired the work in 2004, was unaware of its troubling provenance.