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The Louvre Sent Three Paintings to a Show About the Nazi Occupation. They Were Greeted With Three Restitution Claims (English)
Naomi Rea
19 March 2019
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Dorville, who was a generous donor to France’s national museums including the Louvre, died a refugee in an unoccupied “free zone” in Dordogne in 1941. His sister Valentine, two nieces, and their two- and four-year-old daughters were all murdered in Auschwitz. (English)
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As Dorville’s heirs could not inherit art after his death due to anti-Semitic laws, his collection of 17th- to 19th-century works were sold in an auction titled “Cabinet of a Parisian Amateur.” The then-chief curator at the Louvre’s painting department, René Huyghe, acquired 12 of the 450 lots. (English)