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Dutch committee backs three of seven Nijstad claims

The Hague, Netherlands · Source report date:

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The committee recommended returning three works to Abraham Nijstad’s legal successors, including landscapes by Abraham Hondius and Andreas Schelfhout, and rejecting the four remaining claims.

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

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