Julius Priester

[1] Julius Priester, born on 4 September 1870 in Wolschy, Bohemia, was an art collector, a banker, an industrialist and President of the Petroleumgesellschaft Galizin GmbH, also known as the Anglo-Galician Company.

[5] Priester's art collection included El Greco, Cranach, Rubens, Van Dyke and many other important artists.

In 2013 the Van Orley was located for sale at Christie's New York attributed to Sittow[13]In 2004, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond restituted Corneille de Lyon's Portrait of Jean d'Albon (1539) to Priester's heirs.

[14][15][16][17] In 2015 El Greco's Portrait of a Gentleman was restituted, after its false provenance was discovered to conceal the Nazi looting of Priester.

[21] According to ANA GARDUÑO, Julius Priester donated several paintings to the Museo Nacional de San Carlos.