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Dutch government decides to restitute 202 Goudstikker artworks

The Hague, Netherlands · Source report date:

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Jan van Goyen, View of the Oude Maas near Dordrecht, from the restituted Goudstikker collection. The Jewish Museum.
Jan van Goyen, View of the Oude Maas near Dordrecht, from the restituted Goudstikker collection. The Jewish Museum. Image source ↗
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The Dutch government announced a decision to return 202 artworks to Jacques Goudstikker’s heirs after reviewing the collection’s loss during the Nazi era. This February 2006 report records the restitution decision, not completion of the physical handover that day.

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