For three weeks in May a judge in Rochester, N.Y., heard evidence meant to solve the mystery of who really owns a drawing of a smiling woman by the Austrian artist Egon Schiele. For years, the ...

In an email sent to Snopes on Dec. 12, 2024, a reader requested we look into the authenticity of the image, writing, "FB pic of boy holding 'his drawing' of himself.

A version of this article appears in print on April 25, 2025, Section C, Page 8 of the New York edition with the headline: Museum Told to Return A Schiele Drawing To Heirs of Nazi Victim.