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2 avril 2015

Dutch royal family to return Nazi looted art

The Hague Forest with a View of Huis ten Bosch Palace is by 17th century Dutch master Joris van der Haagen

The Hague Forest with a View of Huis ten Bosch Palace is by 17th century Dutch master Joris van der Haagen.

The Dutch royal family will return a painting seized by the Nazis during World War II to the heirs of the owner.

"The Hague Forest with a View of Huis ten Bosch Palace" by 17th century Dutch master Joris van der Haagen was purchased in 1960 by Queen Juliana from a Dutch art dealer who did not disclose the full provenance..

"A Jewish collector was forced in 1942 to hand over the painting...to the (Nazi) bank Lippmann, Rosenthal & Co in Amsterdam," said a report commissioned by the palace in 2012. Thousands of artworks were researched in the House of Orange's collection as part of an investigation led by the palace.

Read more at BBC 

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