 Several times, he also made "gifts" to the collection of the "Führermuseum".He sent 53 pieces from the French Rothschild Collection, which had been confiscated in Paris for him by the ERR, to Munich to be held for the Linz museum, including Vermeer's "The Astronomer", sent in November 1940, and which became Hitler's most cherished painting in his collection.Later on, in 1945, Göring gave Hitler 17 paintings and 4 bronzes from the Naples Museum.