Skip to main content

Subscribe to Smithsonian magazine and get a FREE tote.

Berthold Steinhilber

Berthold Steinhalber is a photographer based in Stuttgart, Germany.

With fingers intertwined and mouths gleefully thrown open, the three maidens dance around the Art Nouveau sculpture by Walter Schott.

The Lost Maidens of Berlin

A decades-long quest for one of the most intriguing artworks looted by the Nazis leads to the courtyard of a posh hotel in the German countryside