(Q67145714)
Statements
29 October 1887Gregorian
23 May 1977
1 reference
The Committee advised the return of a Van Goyen painting Landscape with Beggars and Two Horsemen by a Ruin in the SNK to "the daughter of its Jewish owner", Gustaaf Hamburger, who fled to the USA in 1940 leaving his property behind which was then seized. The painting was sold on in Vienna and returned to The Netherlands in 1951. But Mr Hamburger was not informed, despite his claim having been registered. It has been in the collection of the Limburg Museum since. The Minister has accepted the advice (English)