Art restitution

Spain returns a looted diptych from the workshop of Dieric Bouts to Poland

Pontevedra, Spain / Gołuchów, Poland · Source report date:

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Spain returns a looted diptych from the workshop of Dieric Bouts to Poland
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The Museo de Pontevedra handed Mater Dolorosa and Ecce Homo over to Poland. The panels had belonged to the Czartoryski collection at Gołuchów and were listed as missing after World War II. Polish researchers identified them in the Spanish museum’s collection in 2019. The photo shows both panels.

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

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