Nazi-looted Old Master painting withdrawn from Austrian auction at France’s request

The Vienna auction house Im Kinsky has withdrawn a Nazi-looted 17th-century Dutch Old Master painting from sale yesterday, 13 April, at the French government’s request.  
Portrait of a Man (1647) by Bartholomeus van der Helst featured in the Im Kinsky catalogue with an estimated price of between €12,000 and €18,000. It was among several hundred works looted in 1943 from the Schloss family, whose magnificent collection of Flemish and Dutch Old Masters was coveted both by Ado