Ulster Museum painting 'not part of Nazi loot'
An investigation ordered by the Ulster Museum has quashed speculation that an Old Master hanging in Belfast was part of a haul looted by Nazis.
A Dutch art historian was called in to carry out an inquiry into the history of the ownership of the painting.
The Ulster Museum bought the painting in 1966 for £9,000. But in recent years, questions began to surface about the provenance of the masterpiece when it was linked to the Dutch Jewish art collector Jacques Goudstikker.
The painting was mentioned in an inventory notebook that Mr Goudstikker carried with him when he died fleeing Nazi-occupied Holland in 1940....
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A Dutch art historian was called in to carry out an inquiry into the history of the ownership of the painting.
The Ulster Museum bought the painting in 1966 for £9,000. But in recent years, questions began to surface about the provenance of the masterpiece when it was linked to the Dutch Jewish art collector Jacques Goudstikker.
The painting was mentioned in an inventory notebook that Mr Goudstikker carried with him when he died fleeing Nazi-occupied Holland in 1940....