Art restitution

Germany announces return of Guardi’s Palace Stairs to Poland

Berlin, Germany / Warsaw, Poland · Source report date:

Germany announces return of Guardi’s Palace Stairs to Poland
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The German Foreign Office announced a 31 March handover of Francesco Guardi’s painting, removed from Warsaw’s National Museum during the Second World War. Image: Wikimedia Commons.

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Art restitution

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Rembrandt, Self-Portrait (1630), Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

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