The Monuments Men）是2013年乔治·克鲁尼导演的一部美国电影，主演有马特·达蒙、乔治·克鲁尼和凯特·布兰切特。根据罗伯特·M·埃德塞所写的历史书籍—— The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History 改编而成[4][5]。美国于2014年2月7日上映。
二战纳粹德军侵略欧洲时期，希特勒借机掠夺大量珍贵艺术品。一些来自美国和英国的历史学家博物馆人员组织起来与时间赛跑，冒着生命危险与纳粹军人周旋，保护并夺回了大量艺术珍品。
zt Hollywood stars descend on National Gallery for press conference
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The real Monuments Men
The re-telling of this historical treasure hunt led to the discovery that two of the platoon – Ellis Waterhouse and Cecil Gould – had been National Gallery staff.
The film also questions the whereabouts of some of the world's most iconic paintings during the period of the Second World War, such as the National Gallery's 'Cupid complaining to Venus' by Cranach the Elder.
Although bought by the Gallery from New York dealers E & A Silbermann in 1963, the Gallery later discovered that the painting was once part of Adolf Hitler's collection, and welcomes any new information about the painting's provenance.
The painting is a key feature of the forthcoming exhibition 'Strange Beauty: Masters of the German Renaissance.'
Art from 1933 to 1945
In March 1999 'The Art Newspaper', in cooperation with the National Gallery, published a list of the Gallery's paintings, the whereabouts of which during all or part of the years 1933 to 1945 was not known. 'Cupid complaining to Venus' was included on the list. Since 1999 research has continued, and the list is updated from time to time when new information emerges. There has been no new information on the painting 'Cupid complaining to Venus' since 2008.
The Gallery has paid particular attention to the whereabouts of its paintings during the years 1933 to 1945, and part of the Gallery's ongoing work is to investigate the whereabouts of its paintings from the time they were painted until the time they entered the Gallery's collection.
