News - Dutch in Talks To Return Artworks Seized During WWII - World

Toby Sterling of the Associated Press today reported that the Dutch government is currently deliberating on whether to return an art collection to the relatives of a Jewish dealer, whose assets were seized by the Nazis during the war. Prior to WWII, Jacques Goudstikker was a predominant art dealer. However, in light of the impending bloodshed, he left the country leaving some 1,300 works behind. Around 800 of these were seized by the Nazis and, while some were sold off, over 250 found new homes in various museums. These included masterpieces such as 'The Sacrifice of Iphigeneia' by Jan Steen and others, including a Salomon van Ruysdael landscape. The family has been told to expect a decision by Sunday.