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Dimensions undermine a Dutch claim for a hunting tapestry

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The committee found that the museum tapestry’s dimensions did not match the measurements of the objects reported missing after the war. It recommended rejecting the claim.

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

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