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Im Kinsky withdraws Nazi-looted Van der Helst portrait at France’s request

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Im Kinsky withdraws Nazi-looted Van der Helst portrait at France’s request
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The Vienna auction house withdrew Bartholomeus van der Helst’s Portrait of a Man after the French Ministry of Culture asked for time to pursue a solution with the Schloss heirs. The picture belonged to the collection seized from the family in 1943.

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

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