Art court dispute

Lempertz ordered to compensate buyer for a forged Campendonk

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Lempertz ordered to compensate buyer for a forged Campendonk
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A Cologne court ordered Lempertz to pay compensation over its sale of Red Picture with Horses, catalogued as a work by Heinrich Campendonk. The canvas was a forgery made by Wolfgang Beltracchi. Photo: the forged painting, Simon Vogel / picture alliance / dpa, via The Guardian.

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

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