Nazi-Looted Painting Found Decades Ago Among Amsterdam’s Street Trash Will Be Returned to Jewish Dealer’s Heirs
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Another stolen painting from the collection of art dealer Jacques Goudstikker has been recovered: a diptych depicting the interior of Amsterdam's Nieuwe Kerk by Hendrick van der Burgh (1627-1664). It turns out that Amsterdam resident Robert van der Hoek is in possession of it. He saw it standing along the canal about thirty years ago. "I was driving along the Prinsengracht and there was a pile of rubbish lying there. I actually saw it lying the…
A valuable painting from the famous collection of the Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker lay in the basement of an Amsterdam resident for years. He found the work by painter Hendrick van der Burgh decades ago among household waste on the street. It concerns looted art that was appropriated by the Nazis from Goudstikker's heirs.
Years ago, Robert van der Hoek took home a painting he found among the bulky waste at the corner of the Prinsengracht and the Reguliersgracht. Now it turns out the work comes from the looted art collection of the Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker. At the time, Robert was driving past the Amstelveld when his eye fell on a pile of bulky waste. "As an Amsterdammer, you have to take a look," he says. "I pulled my car over onto the bridge and im…
Nazi looted painting from Goudstikker collection found in Amsterdam street trash
Art detective Arthur Brand has tracked down another valuable painting stolen from the collection of Amsterdam art dealer Jacque Goudstikker by the Nazis. The painting spent years in the cellar of an Amsterdam local, who found it among household waste on the street. It involves a diptych of the interior of the Nieuwe Kerk, likely painted by Hendrick van der Burgh, Brand said on X.
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