Art restitution

Five paintings stolen from Gotha in 1979 return to Friedenstein

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Five paintings stolen from Gotha in 1979 return to Friedenstein — artwork or case documentation from the linked image source.
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Five Old Master paintings taken from Schloss Friedenstein were returned after forty years. The announcement distinguishes works by or associated with Hals, Brueghel, Lievens, Holbein and Van Dyck, ahead of conservation.

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Art restitutionAnthony van DyckJan Brueghel

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

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