Art restitution

Three works returned to the Dorville heirs

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Three works returned to the Dorville heirs
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Germany returned two works by Jean-Louis Forain to the heirs of Jewish lawyer Armand Dorville. Both had been found in Cornelius Gurlitt’s collection. Another member of the Gurlitt family returned a work by Constantin Guys at the same ceremony. Image: Mick Vincenz / Kunstmuseum Bern and Bundeskunsthalle.

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