A shocking story of art trafficking that led to the revelation of one of the greatest mysteries in the art world. The enormous bronze horses of Josef Thorak, which stood imposingly outside the Chancellery of the Third Reich, disappeared in the bombing of Berlin, shortly before the end of World War II…
Everyone thought they were destroyed, until Detective Arthur Brand, a passionate art historian and private investigator, begins to unravel the tangle of a difficult and dangerous discovery. A true story that illuminates the labyrinth of the art trade, revealing dark paths, known and unknown protagonists of the Cold War, in a case full of intrigue, illegal transactions and black money.
Dutchman Arthur Brandt has discovered lost works by Dali, Picasso and Van Gogh.
Hitler’s Horses is his most discussed case.